Book Source #2

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)	Dance: the study of dance and the place of dance in society
Author(s) or Editor	Many authors to different sections of book
Publisher	Spon
Year of Publication	1986
City of Publication	New York and London
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader):	Print
Edition if indicated:	None

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

The book state that people “think ballet and ballet music is boring and the majority are prejudiced against male ballet dancers” (Sanderson 141).

People are drawn to dances with “strange music” or “beautiful costumes and props” (Sanderson 142).

Ingram stated that “dance was regarded mainly as a physical fitness, self-development, and social activity” due to a misunderstanding on the side of physical education (Ingram 195).

Leading to the belief that anyone can dance, there are many “classes of aerobics taught by physical education people in which the worst of alignment and movement habits are practiced” (Ingram 200).

Ingram makes a good point in saying that dancers “teach for the quality of movement and the authenticity of the movement rather than for height, speed, and skillful execution” (Ingram 200).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):

Dance is an expressive, physical form of movement.  People have their misconceptions of dance but dancers do things their way if no one else accepts them.  Dance is for everyone, it does not matter if you are female or male.  The physical education department has a narrow view on what dance is.  It used to be more generous about including dance.

Credibility of Source:
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor.

Although there are many authors in this book the two I took quotes from were Patricia Sanderson and Ingram.  Patricia Sanderson is from the Department of Education from the University of Manchester.  Ingram is from the Department of Physical Education from the University of Maryland.

Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative?

The author does not seem to have much to gain from the writings in this book but to inform others about the topic as well as getting a point across to the readers.


Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?

I do suspect bias in this book as to favoring the side dance recognition due to personal expierence.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

The author did cite other sources in the book.  They add to the credibility and ideas the author is trying to get across.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

This source can be used in my project to provide me with more ideas as well as evidence to prove my point.