The dominant narrative regarding breaking history is that the dance developed as an “exclusively male” expression of inner-city “machismo.” In this study, I challenge this narrative by bringing in the voices of breaking's often-neglected founding practitioners. By juxtaposing primary testimonies with mainstream representations, I aim to show how women have histoirically played a critical role in the dance, and how hegemonic discourse has obscured our understanding of hip-hop's beginnings. I also consider how uncovering the role of women in breaking's history reframes prevailing conceptualizations of its gender performance.

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“也有跳舞的女性”：揭示女性在打破历史中的作用

关于打破历史的主要叙述是，舞蹈发展为内城“大男子主义”的“男性专属”表达。在这项研究中，我通过引入 Breaking 经常被忽视的创始实践者的声音来挑战这种叙述。通过将主要证词与主流表现并列，我旨在展示女性在历史上如何在舞蹈中发挥关键作用，以及霸权话语如何掩盖了我们对嘻哈起源的理解。我还考虑了揭示女性在 Break 的历史中的作用如何重新构建其性别表现的流行概念。