Sharpening the Pointe: The Intersectional Feminism of Contemporary Young Adult Ballet Novels
This chapter explores a new movement within the female-focused YA dance novel. Rather than narrate the meritorious rise of an individual dancer, today's ballet novels instead interrogate how structural prejudices of racism and sexism create barriers to the center stage. Focusing primarily upon works authored by women of color, or told through queered perspectives, the chapter surveys how YA narratives in varied melodramatic, thriller, and paranormal forms work to trouble the pink and pretty “music box ballerina” iconography.
2018 ◽
Vol 79
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pp. 173-178
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Vol 28
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pp. 140-141
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2017 ◽
Vol 63
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pp. 33-41
2011 ◽
Vol 40
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pp. 75-84
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