Who Cares About Ballroom Dancing
This book explores what Ballroom and Latin American dancing means to those who take part in this form of dance as part of their leisure activities and considers how contemporary men and women negotiate the intrinsic gender roles underpinning the practice of the activity. This chapter sets the scene by introducing relevant concepts and literature, including serious leisure and feminist leisure studies. It introduces the research questions, the research methods employed and the structure of the book.