We Rule the Waves: Athletic Labor, Femininity, and National Collective in Billy Rose’s Aquacade

We Rule the Waves: Athletic Labor, Femininity, and National Collective in Billy Rose’s Aquacade

In the 1930s and ‘40s, nightclub impresario Billy Rose cast Olympic swimmers and divers in starring roles for his patriotic World’s Fair revue. Positioning the Aquacade in the genealogies of mass spectacles, militaristic display, girly revues, and the rising popularity of pool culture reveals the th...

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Veröffentlicht in:TDR : Drama review 2017-10, Vol.61 (3), p.112-131
1. Verfasser: Jahanmir, Yasmine Marie
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Blue collar workers
Diving
Fairs & exhibitions
Femininity
Interwar period
Patriotism
Performance art
Popular culture
Rose, Billy
Swimming
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Zusammenfassung:In the 1930s and ‘40s, nightclub impresario Billy Rose cast Olympic swimmers and divers in starring roles for his patriotic World’s Fair revue. Positioning the Aquacade in the genealogies of mass spectacles, militaristic display, girly revues, and the rising popularity of pool culture reveals the theatrical framing of athletic labor as vigorously effective in creating a visible female collective on the eve of World War II.
ISSN:1054-2043
1531-4715