Abstract
The embodied experiences of burlesque performers during motherhood are explored in an online discussion, through femme theory, Bakhtin's grotesque body, and Butler's gender performativity. The participants' bodies are explored as sites of contestation, able to perform diverse roles simultaneously. Through performance, Mulvey's masculine gaze is inverted into a poetics of feminine praxis.
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Montgomery, Lola
(2025)
"Bodies That Sparkle and Spill: A Poetics of the Burlesque Parent,"
Imaginings: creative practice and inquiry: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://creo.sae.edu.au/imaginings/vol1/iss1/1