Dancing Motherhood

著者名：Duffy, Ali

Routledge（2023/05/10発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780367619275
• eISBN：9781000894998

Description

Dancing Motherhood explores how unique factors about the dance profession impact pregnant women and mothers working in it.

Ali Duffy introduces the book by laying a foundation of social and cultural histories and systemic structures and power that shape the issues mothers in dance negotiate today. This book then reveals perspectives from mothers in dance working in areas such as performance, choreography, dance education, administration, and advocacy though survey and interview data. Based on participant responses, recommendations for changes in policy, hiring, evaluation, workplace environment, and other professional and personal practices to better support working mothers in dance are highlighted. Finally, essays from eight working mothers in dance offer intimate, personal stories and guidance geared to mothers, future mothers, policymakers, and colleagues and supervisors of mothers in the dance field.

By describing lived experiences and offering suggestions for improved working conditions and advocacy, this book initiates expanded discussion about women in dance and promotes change to positively impact dancing mothers, their employers, and the dance field.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Author Biography

Contributor Biographies

Preface

Chapter 1: Research Design, Methodologies, and Processes

Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework and Dominant Narratives of Women at

Work and Women in Dance

Chapter 3: Bodies

Chapter 4: Identities, Values, and Relationships

Chapter 5: Unmet Needs, Conflicts, and Challenges

Chapter 6: ‘For the Tribe:’ Essays to Mothers, Future Mothers, and Non-Mothers

Chapter 7: Organizational and Cultural Transformations to Benefit Mothers

and Pregnant People in Dance

Prologue: In Closing - A Dancing Letter to My Child

Index