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Sweepin' Spirits: Power And Transformation On The Plantation Landscape, Whitney Battle_Baptiste
Sweepin' Spirits: Power And Transformation On The Plantation Landscape, Whitney Battle_Baptiste
Whitney Battle-Baptiste
When one thinks of power, a number of thoughts come to mind. Is power the ability to influence something or someone? Does power have anything to do with author- ity or control? Is power given by others or earned by the individual? I begin this article with the word and idea of power because some of the chapters in this book focus on power dynamics and all of the authors in this volume discuss how land- scapes are perceived in the past or in the present. In this chapter, I will explore landscapes as more than just places affected by …
Hands On Hips, Smiles On Lips! Gender, Race, And The Performance Of Spirit In Cheerleading, Laura Grindstaff, Emily West
Hands On Hips, Smiles On Lips! Gender, Race, And The Performance Of Spirit In Cheerleading, Laura Grindstaff, Emily West
Emily E. West
Cheerleading has long been synonymous with “spirit” because of its traditional sideline role in supporting school sports programs. In recent decades, however, cheerleading has become more athletic and competitive - even a sport in its own right. This paper is an ethnographic exploration of the emotional dimensions of cheerleading in light of these changes. We argue that spirit is a regulating but also flexible concept that is deployed in order to manage and uphold ideologies of emotion, and that these ideologies are central to how cheerleading reproduces racialized gender difference. On the one hand, the performance guidelines for spirit stabilize …