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Swaggering is an ostentatious style of walking with an extravagant manner. The exact gait will vary with personality and fashion but it is generally more of a loose, rolling style than a stiff strut. The feet will be kept apart rather than following each other in line and the more swaggering the gait, the greater the lateral distance between them.^[1] Studies have found that people are able to determine sexual orientation from such cues and a shoulder-swagger was perceived as a heterosexual orientation.^[2]

Among London cockneys, swaggering was stylised as the coster walk which became the dance craze of the Lambeth walk.^[3] Among African-Americans, it is known as a jive-ass walk or pimp walk.^[4] The actor John Wayne was known for his swaggering walk which became a distinctive element of his screen image.^[5]

A cane may be used as a walking stick as part of the performance. In the military, this became stylised as the swagger stick — useless as a support and just used for gesturing and prodding.

Portraits which are ostentatiously posed in the grand manner are known as swagger portraits. The Tate Gallery held an exhibition of these in 1992, featuring the work of William Dobson, Anthony van Dyck and Peter Lely.^[6]

References

^ John Kundert-Gibbs; Kristin Kundert-Gibbs (2009), Action!: Acting Lessons for CG Animators, John Wiley & Sons, p. 102, ISBN 9780470596050
^ Johnson, Kerri L.; Gill, Simone; Reichman, Victoria; Tassinary, Louis G. (2007), "Swagger, sway, and sexuality: Judging sexual orientation from body motion and morphology.", Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93 (3): 321–334, doi:10.1037/0022-3514.93.3.321, PMID 17723051{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Ross McKibbin (1998), Classes and cultures: England 1918-1951, Oxford University Press, p. 408, ISBN 978-0-19-820672-9
^ Daniel Wojcik (2010), "Pimp walk", Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture, vol. 1, pp. 1089–1091, ISBN 978-0-313-35796-1
^ Tanya Krzywinska (2006), Sex and the cinema, Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Publishing, p. 35, ISBN 978-1-904764-73-1
^ Richard Shone (1992), "The Swagger Portrait", The Burlington Magazine, 134 (1077): 816–818, JSTOR 885365

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[1] John Kundert-Gibbs; Kristin Kundert-Gibbs (2009), Action!: Acting Lessons for CG Animators, John Wiley & Sons, p. 102, ISBN 9780470596050

[2] Johnson, Kerri L.; Gill, Simone; Reichman, Victoria; Tassinary, Louis G. (2007), "Swagger, sway, and sexuality: Judging sexual orientation from body motion and morphology.", Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93 (3): 321–334, doi:10.1037/0022-3514.93.3.321, PMID 17723051{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] Ross McKibbin (1998), Classes and cultures: England 1918-1951, Oxford University Press, p. 408, ISBN 978-0-19-820672-9

[4] Daniel Wojcik (2010), "Pimp walk", Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture, vol. 1, pp. 1089–1091, ISBN 978-0-313-35796-1

[5] Tanya Krzywinska (2006), Sex and the cinema, Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Publishing, p. 35, ISBN 978-1-904764-73-1

[6] Richard Shone (1992), "The Swagger Portrait", The Burlington Magazine, 134 (1077): 816–818, JSTOR 885365

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+{{Short description|Ostentatious style of walking walking with an arrogant manner.}}
 [[File:Paul Sandby - London Cries- A Man Swaggering - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|right|''A Man Swaggering'' — one of twelve ''London Cries'' by [[Paul Sandby]] which were drawn from life and published in 1760.]]
-'''Swaggering''' is an ostentatious style of walking affected by men wishing to assert their dominance.  It is a form of [[machismo]] or [[sexual display]] which takes up more space than needed for simple motion.  The exact [[gait (human)|gait]] will vary with personality and fashion but it is generally more of a loose, rolling style than a stiff strut.   Studies have found that people are able to determine sexual orientation from such cues and a shoulder-swagger was perceived as a heterosexual orientation.<ref>{{citation |title=Swagger, sway, and sexuality: Judging sexual orientation from body motion and morphology. |author=Johnson, Kerri L.; Gill, Simone; Reichman, Victoria; Tassinary, Louis G. |journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |volume= 93|number=3 |year=2007 |pages=321–334 |doi=10.1037/0022-3514.93.3.321 |pmid=17723051}}</ref>
+'''Swaggering''' is an ostentatious style of walking with an extravagant manner. The exact [[gait (human)|gait]] will vary with personality and fashion but it is generally more of a loose, rolling style than a stiff strut.   The feet will be kept apart rather than following each other in line and the more swaggering the gait, the greater the lateral distance between them.<ref>{{citation |page=102 |title=Action!: Acting Lessons for CG Animators |author1=John Kundert-Gibbs |author2=Kristin Kundert-Gibbs |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]] |year=2009 |isbn=9780470596050}}</ref>  Studies have found that people are able to determine sexual orientation from such cues and a shoulder-swagger was perceived as a heterosexual orientation.<ref>{{citation |title=Swagger, sway, and sexuality: Judging sexual orientation from body motion and morphology. |author=Johnson, Kerri L.; Gill, Simone; Reichman, Victoria; Tassinary, Louis G. |journal=[[Journal of Personality and Social Psychology]] |volume= 93|number=3 |year=2007 |pages=321–334 |doi=10.1037/0022-3514.93.3.321 |pmid=17723051}}</ref>
-Among London [[cockney]]s, swaggering was stylised as the '''coster walk''' which became the dance craze of the [[The Lambeth Walk|Lambeth walk]].<ref>{{citation |page=408 |title=Classes and cultures: England 1918-1951 |author=Ross McKibbin | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-19-820672-9}}</ref>  Among African-Americans, it is known as a '''jive-ass walk''' or '''pimp walk'''.<ref>{{citation |pages=1089–1091 |chapter=Pimp walk |author=Daniel Wojcik |title=Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture |volume=1 |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-313-35796-1}}</ref>  The actor [[John Wayne]] was known for his swaggering walk which became a distinctive element of his screen image.<ref>{{citation |page=35 |title=Sex and the cinema |author=Tanya Krzywinska |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-904764-73-1}}</ref>
+Among London [[cockney]]s, swaggering was stylised as the '''coster walk''' which became the dance craze of the [[The Lambeth Walk|Lambeth walk]].<ref>{{citation |page=408 |title=Classes and cultures: England 1918-1951 |author=Ross McKibbin | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-19-820672-9}}</ref>  Among African-Americans, it is known as a '''jive-ass walk''' or '''pimp walk'''.<ref>{{citation |pages=1089–1091 |chapter=Pimp walk |author=Daniel Wojcik |title=Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture |volume=1 |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-313-35796-1}}</ref>  The actor [[John Wayne]] was known for his swaggering walk which became a distinctive element of his screen image.<ref>{{citation |page=35 |title=Sex and the cinema |author=Tanya Krzywinska |year=2006 |location=Santa Barbara, California |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing]]|isbn=978-1-904764-73-1}}</ref>
 A cane may be used as a [[walking stick]] as part of the performance.  In the military, this became stylised as the [[swagger stick]] &mdash; useless as a support and just used for gesturing and prodding.
-Portraits which are ostentatiously posed in the [[grand manner]] are known as swagger portraits.  The [[Tate Gallery]] held an exhibition of these in 1992, featuring the work of [[William Dobson]], [[Anthony van Dyck]] and [[Peter Lely]].<ref>{{citation |title=The Swagger Portrait |author=Richard Shone |journal=The Burlington Magazine |volume=134 |number=1077 |year=1992 |pages=816–818 |jstor=885365}}</ref>
+Portraits which are ostentatiously posed in the [[grand manner]] are known as swagger portraits.  The [[Tate Gallery]] held an exhibition of these in 1992, featuring the work of [[William Dobson]], [[Anthony van Dyck]] and [[Peter Lely]].<ref>{{citation |title=The Swagger Portrait |author=Richard Shone |journal=[[The Burlington Magazine]] |volume=134 |number=1077 |year=1992 |pages=816–818 |jstor=885365}}</ref>
+==See also==
+* [[Cool (aesthetic)]]
+* [[Hypermasculinity]]
+* [[Manspreading]]
+* [[Military parade]]
+* [[Power posing]]
 ==References==