Cheek to cheek: Ginger and Fred go to paradise

Authors

  • Leopoldo Waizbort Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2018.141355

Keywords:

dance, love, paradise

Abstract

The essay interprets a scene from the 1935 movie Top Hat, in which Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire dance cheek to cheek, and discusses the meaning of the dance and the world created by the dancing beings.

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Author Biography

  • Leopoldo Waizbort, Universidade de São Paulo

    Graduado em ciências sociais pela Universidade de São Paulo (1987), onde realizou mestrado (1992), doutorado (1996) e livre-docência (2003). Desde 2010 é professor titular na mesma universidade. Trabalha na área de sociologia, com ênfase em teoria sociológica, sociologia da cultura, história da sociologia, antropologia histórica e sociologia da música.

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Published

2018-04-13

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 32 (2018)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Waizbort, L. (2018). Cheek to cheek: Ginger and Fred go to paradise. ARS, 16(32), 197-205. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2018.141355