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Middle Eastern dance : histories, theories, performances / edited by Anthony Shay.

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Book
Conference/Event
Contributor:
Shay, Anthony, 1936- editor.
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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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