Learning Body Techniques: Dance and Body Flexibility among Gay Black Teens in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil

This article is the result of ethnographic fieldwork among amateur dancers, mainly among gay adolescents from the outskirts of Salvador de Bahia (Brazil), who label themselves as “flexible”. This self-definition arises out of bodily flexibility techniques, cultivated through intense physical work. B...

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Main Author: Maycon Lopes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/2/72