03687nam 2200829Ia 450 991078363340332120231206205858.01-55458-719-01-280-28073-597866102807350-88920-926-X1-4175-6370-2(CKB)1000000000247027(EBL)772412(OCoLC)753480550(SSID)ssj0000134645(PQKBManifestationID)11134120(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134645(PQKBWorkID)10054798(PQKB)105063400889204543.pdf(CaPaEBR)402695(CaBNvSL)jme00323514(OCoLC)933516473(MdBmJHUP)muse48092(Au-PeEL)EBL772412(CaPaEBR)ebr10103846(CaONFJC)MIL28073(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/vn1qbw(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402695(MiAaPQ)EBC772412(MiAaPQ)EBC3242179(EXLCZ)99100000000024702720040917d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDancing fear & desire[electronic resource] race, sexuality and imperial politics in Middle Eastern dance /Stavros Stavrou KarayanniWaterloo, Ont. Wilfrid Laurier University Press20041 online resource (261 p.)Cultural studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-88920-454-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Introducing Colonial and Postcolonial Dialectics on the Subject of Dance; 2 Dismissal Veiling Desire: Kuchuk Hanem and Imperial Masculinity; 3 The Dance of Extravagant Pleasures: Male Performers of the Orient and the Politics of the Imperial Gaze; 4 Dancing Decadence: Semiotics of Dance and the Phantasm of Salomé; 5 ""I have seen this dance on old Greek vases"": Hellenism and the Worlding of Greek Dance; 6 What Dancer from Which Dance? Concluding Reflections; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index Throughout centuries of European colonial domination, the bodies of Middle Eastern dancers, male and female, move sumptuously and seductively across the pages of Western travel journals, evoking desire and derision, admiration and disdain, allure and revulsion. This profound ambivalence forms the axis of an investigation into Middle Eastern dance-an investigation that extends to contemporary belly dance. Stavros Stavrou Karayanni, through historical investigation, theoretical analysis, and personal reflection, explores how Middle Eastern dance actively engages race, sex, and natioCultural studies series (Waterloo, Ont.)Belly danceMiddle EastBelly danceGreeceBelly dancePolitical aspectsBelly danceSocial aspectsGender identity in danceHomosexuality and danceMale dancersBelly danceBelly danceBelly dancePolitical aspects.Belly danceSocial aspects.Gender identity in dance.Homosexuality and dance.Male dancers.793.3Karayanni Stavros Stavrou1965-1489834MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783633403321Dancing fear & desire3710704UNINA