Ageing, Gender, Embodiment and Dance

ELIZABETH SCHWAIGER Researcher, tutor and administrator at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. Her research interests include critical age studies, dance, gender studies, and socially marginalized populations. She completed her doctorate degree at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, and her academic publications are in these areas.

Acknowledgements Prelude Constructing Ageing, Gender and Self Gendered Ageing in Theatrical Dance The Dancers Speak Dancing Between Construction and Experience Dancing the Self Through Ageing Counter-discourses Valuing the Mature Dancer: Cross-cultural Perspectives Coda Appendix A: Constructing Ageing and Gender: a Selective Literature Review References Index