Belly dance around the world : new communities, performance and identity / edited by Caitlin E. McDonald and Barbara Sellers-Young.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McDonald, Caitlin E.

Sellers-Young, Barbara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Belly dance--Social aspects.

Belly dance.

Dance and transnationalism.

Physical Description:

vi, 217 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]

Summary:

"Dancer/scholars from around the world have contributed essays on belly dance to this book. They all carefully consider the transformation of an improvised folk form from North Africa and the Middle East into a popular global dance practice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

What Is Baladi about al-Raqs al-Baladi? On the Survival of Belly Dance in Egypt / Noha Roushdy Roushdy, Noha 17

Finding "the Feeling": Oriental Dance, Musiqa al-Gadid, and Tarab / Candace Bordelon Bordelon, Candace 33

Performing Identity/Diasporic Encounters / Lynette Harper Harper, Lynette 48

1970s Belly Dance and the "How-To" Phenomenon: Feminism, Fitness and Orientalism / Virginia Keft-Kennedy Keft-Kennedy, Virginia 68

Dancing with Inspiration in New Zealand and Australian Dance Communities / Marion Cowper Cowper, Marion, Carolyn Michelle Michelle, Carolyn 93

Local Performance/Global Connection: American Tribal Style and Its Imagined Community / Teresa Cutler-Broyles Cutler-Broyles, Teresa 106

The Use of Nostalgia in Tribal Fusion Dance / Catherine Mary Scheelar Scheelar, Catherine Mary 121

"I mean, what is a Pakeha New Zealander's national dance? We don't have one": Belly Dance and Transculturation in New Zealand / Brigid Kelly Kelly, Brigid 138

Quintessentially English Belly Dance: In Search of an English Tradition / Siouxsie Cooper Cooper, Siouxsie 152

Delilah: Dancing the Earth / Barbara Sellers-Young Sellers-Young, Barbara 168

Negotiating Female Sexuality: Bollywood Belly Dance, "Item Girls" and Dance Classes / Smeeta Mishra Mishra, Smeeta 181

Digitizing Raqs Sharqi: Belly Dance in Second Life / Caitlin E. McDonald McDonald, Caitlin E. 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786473700

0786473703

OCLC:

829738767