Week 9 Blog Post
For my week 9 blog post I chose to write on “Flying, Flirting, and Flexing: Charmion’s Trapeze Act, Sexuality, and Physical Culture at the Turn of the Twentieth Century” an article detailing the career
Femineity Across the Trapeze
“She introduced a new dimension to trapeze acts by using her performance as a tool for the sexual titillation of audiences.” The above quote truly captures the spirit of the article. The article tells
Flying, Flirting, and Flexing:
The picture above shows Laverie Vallée. A high-flying Trappist who showed off her amazing upper body strength while also performing a provocative show for her audience. Laverie was redefining her time with the idea
College Sport in the New South
I found this chapter to be especially informative to me because I never realized how heavily churches and religious private schools detested football in the 1900s. Today, college football is equated to religion, especially
Week 9: Feminity, Society, and Athletics
Out of all readings we have done in this class so far, this one is probably my favorite. After I read that Thomas Edison made Charmion and her famous disrobing act the subject of
We Were Ladies, We Just Played like Boys
This section of the book discusses Women’s basketball at Bennet College in the 1930’s. During this time many universities were taking there women’s basketball teams away because they believed it ran counter to the
Week 9 – Femininity
For this week, I read Rita Liberti’s chapter, “‘We Were Ladies, We Just Played Like Boys’,” where Liberti focuses on African American women at Bennett College and their experiences there as athletes during the
“Roberto Durán, Omar Torrijos, and the Rise of Isthmian Machismo.”
“The entire country went into mourning except for some in Panamas West Indian communities…” This quote describes the aftermath of National hero Roberto Duran and his infamous “No Mas” surrender to Sugar Ray. Many
Week 9: Masculinity in Panama
For this week’s readings I read the chapter by Michael Donoghue, which explores masculinity in Panamanian culture. The first thing in the reading that jumped out at me was how important the success of
Week 9: Flying, Flirting, and Flexing
This article by Bieke Gils talks about early 1900’s performer Charmion, and how her trapeze act challenged Victorian ideals about the female body. Her performances were controversial for the time frame for two main
