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Middle Eastern dance : histories, theories, performances / edited by Anthony Shay.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- MENACA Dance and Music Symposium (1st : 2023 : Pomona College)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dance--Middle East.
- Dance.
- Dance--Arab countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : color illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2026]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Dance in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia
- Part 1: The Arab World
- Chapter 01: Belly Dance: Somatic Ways of Improvising Happiness
- Chapter 02: Dancing Bodies, Religion, and Gender in Egypt
- Chapter 03: Song in Najib Mahfuz' Palace Walk: Recreating and Appreciating the Diegetic "Soundtrack" of a Modern Egyptian Novel
- Chapter 04: Bourdieu's Thinking Tools Applied to Bellydance Research
- Chapter 05: Representations and paradoxes in the practice of belly dance in Egypt and Brazil
- Part 2: The Turkish World
- Chapter 06: Anatolian Folklore and the Construction of a New Turkish Identity
- Chapter 07: Halay: From Ritualistic Circle Dance to Political Act in Turkey
- Chapter 08: Motion and Transcendence in Euro-Turkic Context: the Alevi Semah
- Chapter 09: Standing in the Dâr: Shrinking the Body Towards the Vertical Axis in Alevi Rituals
- Part 3: The Iranian World
- Chapter 10: What Can Dance and Other Non-Dance Patterned Movement Systems Tell Us about Iranian Society?
- Chapter 11: The Quotidien and Cinematic Lives of Iranian Cabaret Dancers in Twentieth-Century Iran
- Chapter 12: Iranian Dancers Perform Despite Restrictions: Navigating a Sociopolitical Obstacle Course
- Chapter 13: Examining Dance as a Third Space in the Iranian Diaspora
- Chapter 14: Contemporizing Iranian Dance: The Importance of Using Pedagogy Rooted in Traditional Iranian Dance Aesthetics to Explore Current Themes.
- Notes:
- Based on conference proceedings.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 02, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- Print version: Shay, Anthony Middle Eastern Dance
- ISBN:
- 9783032075932
- 3032075939
- Publisher Number:
- 90104117871
- CIPO000328100
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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