The Body and the Woman Dancer: What She is, or What She is Expected to be [chapter]

Engendering Performance: Indian Women Performers in Search of an Identity  
In reality, women and pornography can be hardly separated. Women have always been accused of various crimes related to sexual issues. Women were often being correlated to pornography. Conversely, many people against the co-modification of women's body and intimidate to ban every event which expose any woman's body. Due to the sake of women's dignity, religion, and nation's morality value, they reject the co-modification on woman's body. Meanwhile, Balinese woman dancer has its own costumes
more » ... expose some part of the body. These opposite interest of both parties became crucially assessed issue to be solved, related to the sustainability of Balinese culture, especially Balinese Dance. The issued to be answered in this paper are: (1) perception on exposed sensual part of Balinese woman dancer based on regulation No. 44 of 2008 about Pornography; (2) promotion of Pancasila as the Nation's fundamental way of life to mediate pros and cons community on the co-modification of Balinese woman dancer's body.
doi:10.4135/9788132106128.n6 fatcat:nxpvugo2ljfmxl5fen74qbr5ea