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Title Cheerleaders: An American Myth / Director: Joyard, Olivier
Published Australia : SBS ONE, 2011
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Summary A look at world of cheerleaders, the famous 'pom-pom girls'. Cheerleaders are synonymous with America, and represent a certain ideal of women and social organisation. Smiling young girls wearing brightly coloured uniforms high-kick and gyrate on the pitch side, cheering on sportsmen under the sunny skies of Texas, Arizona or California. They are a triumphant, radiant and at times, sexually ambiguous youth, from deepest traditional America. (From France, in English) (Documentary) M (L,N,S) CC
Event Broadcast 2012-11-29 at 23:00:00
Notes Classification: M
Subject Cheerleading.
Feminism.
Man-woman relationships.
Women -- Attitudes.
Youth -- Sexual behavior.
United States.
Americas.
Form Streaming video
Author Joyard, Olivier, director
Babbit, Jamie, contributor
Bendinger, Jessica, contributor
Bettis, Pamela, contributor
Brettell, Richard R, contributor
Meador, Sharon, contributor
Parker, Paige, contributor
Patterson, Joe, contributor
Patterson, Richard, contributor
Petkovsek, Chesney, contributor
Pike, Laurie, contributor
Rease Miles, La'Tony, contributor
Sykes, Orson, contributor
Villareal, Cindy, contributor
Weldon-Travis, Jeanne, contributor
Williams, Tom, contributor
Yanek, Cherie, contributor