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Cover: 9780786494330 | Before They Were Belly Dancers | Kathleen W Fraser | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

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, the major primary source for modern scholars, provide most of the research material. The author shapes these numerous accounts into a coherent whole, providing a picture of Egyptian female entertainers of the period as professionals in the arts, rather than as a group of unnamed "ethnic" dancers and singers. Analysis is given of the contexts of this dance--that was a legitimate performing art form in Egyptian society appreciated by a wide variety of audiences--with a focus on actual performances--and a re-creation of choreography.

Über den Autor

Kathleen W. Fraser has had a varied professional career encompassing: magazine publishing, foreign development, human rights education, employment equity, and the teaching of essay writing and dance history at the university level. Her dance-related writing has appeared in Dance Research Journal (reviews), Impulse magazine, the UCLA Journal of Dance Ethnology, and Canadian Dance: Visions and Stories (articles), and she has presented numerous papers at professional conferences held by Dance History Scholars, Conference on Research in Dance, and the International Bellydance Conferences of Canada. She lives in Ontario, Canada.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Musicians

Section Four: The Lives of Female 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 Lane

21.¿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

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	310
ISBN-13:	9780786494330
ISBN-10:	0786494336
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Fraser, Kathleen W.
Hersteller:	McFarland
Maße:	229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Kathleen W. Fraser
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.10.2014
Gewicht:	0,506 kg

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