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- Title
"We Rule the Waves": Athletic Labor, Femininity, and National Collective in Billy Rose's Aquacade.
- Authors
Jahanmir, Yasmine Marie
- Abstract
The article discusses the "Aquacade" synchronized swimming spectacles produced for several U.S. expositions from 1937 to 1940 by theatrical showman Billy Rose. It comments on the use of women swimmers, as well as the combination of sports and theater, to present a sense of femininity and collective action,
- Subjects
ROSE, Billy, 1899-1966; SYNCHRONIZED swimming; SPECTACULAR, The; WOMEN swimmers; SPORTS &; theater; COLLECTIVISM (Social psychology); FEMININITY; EXHIBITIONS; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY
- Publication
TDR: The Drama Review (MIT Press), 2017, Vol 61, Issue 3, p112
- ISSN
1054-2043
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/DRAM_a_00676