Gender, sexualisation and feminism in Salsa: Interrelations of strong women and sexualisation in the Klang Valley / Santha Chandherasegaran

Salsa, a dance that is highly sexualised today as it comprises of sexy and erotic elements has been globally commercialised. The erotic elements in this global salsa is primarily executed by female dancers. This global salsa has spread rapidly in the Klang Valley. This study is carried out in the fi...

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spelling my.um.stud.64622020-01-18T03:04:23Z Gender, sexualisation and feminism in Salsa: Interrelations of strong women and sexualisation in the Klang Valley / Santha Chandherasegaran Santha, Chandherasegaran H Social Sciences (General) Salsa, a dance that is highly sexualised today as it comprises of sexy and erotic elements has been globally commercialised. The erotic elements in this global salsa is primarily executed by female dancers. This global salsa has spread rapidly in the Klang Valley. This study is carried out in the field of ethnochoreology and attempts to explore the sexualisation of salsa dancing within the context of gender and feminism. The sexualisation of salsa is explored to leverage feminism amongst female participants. An analysis of qualitative research of salsa clubs and studios in the Klang Valley through gender and feminist theories is used in this study. This study offers rich new perspectives of linking sexualisation of salsa in the Klang Valley with power and control as opposed to the sexual objectification of the female body. Keywords: Feminism, Gender, Commercialised, Sexualisation, Erotic, Salsa, Ethnochoreology, Strong Women, Female Body 2016 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6462/4/santha.pdf Santha, Chandherasegaran (2016) Gender, sexualisation and feminism in Salsa: Interrelations of strong women and sexualisation in the Klang Valley / Santha Chandherasegaran. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6462/
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Gender, sexualisation and feminism in Salsa: Interrelations of strong women and sexualisation in the Klang Valley / Santha Chandherasegaran
description Salsa, a dance that is highly sexualised today as it comprises of sexy and erotic elements has been globally commercialised. The erotic elements in this global salsa is primarily executed by female dancers. This global salsa has spread rapidly in the Klang Valley. This study is carried out in the field of ethnochoreology and attempts to explore the sexualisation of salsa dancing within the context of gender and feminism. The sexualisation of salsa is explored to leverage feminism amongst female participants. An analysis of qualitative research of salsa clubs and studios in the Klang Valley through gender and feminist theories is used in this study. This study offers rich new perspectives of linking sexualisation of salsa in the Klang Valley with power and control as opposed to the sexual objectification of the female body. Keywords: Feminism, Gender, Commercialised, Sexualisation, Erotic, Salsa, Ethnochoreology, Strong Women, Female Body
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author Santha, Chandherasegaran
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title Gender, sexualisation and feminism in Salsa: Interrelations of strong women and sexualisation in the Klang Valley / Santha Chandherasegaran
title_short Gender, sexualisation and feminism in Salsa: Interrelations of strong women and sexualisation in the Klang Valley / Santha Chandherasegaran
title_full Gender, sexualisation and feminism in Salsa: Interrelations of strong women and sexualisation in the Klang Valley / Santha Chandherasegaran
title_fullStr Gender, sexualisation and feminism in Salsa: Interrelations of strong women and sexualisation in the Klang Valley / Santha Chandherasegaran
title_full_unstemmed Gender, sexualisation and feminism in Salsa: Interrelations of strong women and sexualisation in the Klang Valley / Santha Chandherasegaran
title_sort gender, sexualisation and feminism in salsa: interrelations of strong women and sexualisation in the klang valley / santha chandherasegaran
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