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Before they were belly dancers : European accounts of female entertainers in Egypt, 1760-1870 /
Focusing on Egypt during the period 1760 to 1870, this book fills in some of the historical blanks for a dance form often known today in the Middle East as raqs sharki or raqs baladi, and in Western countries as ""belly dance."" Eyewitness accounts written by European travelers,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland and Company, Inc.,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Section One: Background; 1. On Writing This Book; 2. Selected Egyptian History-the Study Period; 3. Writers and Painters in Egypt from 1760 to 1870; Section Two: Setting the Stage; 4. A Name for the Dance and a Name for the Dancer; 5. The Low Reputation of Female Entertainers; 6. The Geography of Going to the Show; Section Three: Going to the Show-Professionals at Work; 7. The Corporation of Female Singers-the Chanteuses; 8. Identifying the Raqqâsin, Corporation 200; 9. Identifying the Ghawâzî, Corporation 192.
- 10. Male Performers-Dancers and MusiciansSection Four: The Lives ofFemale Entertainers; 11. Relationships with Various Groups in Egyptian Society; 12. Professional Relationships with the Audience; 13. Training; 14. Economic Position of Female Entertainers; Section Five: Biographies; 15. Thirty-One Female Dancers and One Male; Section Six: Gossip, Hearsay, Rumors and Myths; 16. The Missing 'Awâlim; 17. The Massacre of "The Four Hundred"; 18. Banning the Dance in Muhammad Ali's Egypt; 19. Myths of Origins of Female Dancers and Singers; Section Seven: Building the Aesthetic of Performance.
- 20. A Costume Benchmark Set by Edward Lane21. The Musicianship of Dancers; 22. The Aesthetic of Dance Movements; Section Eight: Choreography and Performance; 23. Six Choreographic Elements Basic to the Dance; 24. Extending the Definition of Choreography; 25. Three Identifiable Dances; 26. Accessory Dances; Epilogue; Appendix One: Biographical Facts About Selected 18th- and Early 19th-Century Travel Writers and Artists; Appendix Two: Travelers' Terms for Female Entertainers: Selected Passages by Date of Travel; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index.