Sorry I Don't Dance: Why Men Refuse to Move
- ISBN-10
- 0199845271
- ISBN-13
- 9780199845279
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 230
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Maxine Leeds Craig
Description
Explores the feminization, sexualization, and racialization of dance in America since the 1960s.
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