Dancing Fear and Desire

Name: Dancing Fear and Desire
Brand: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
SKU: 9781554587193
Price: 34.99 EUR
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ISBN: 978-1-554-58719-3

Race, Sexuality, and Imperial Politics in Middle Eastern Dance

de Stavros Stavrou Karayanni (auteur)

Maison d'édition : Wilfrid Laurier University Press

août 2009

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Résumé

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 national identity. Close readings of colonial travel narratives, an examination of Oscar Wilde’s Salome, and analyses of treatises about Greek dance, reveal the intricate ways in which this controversial dance has been shaped by Eurocentric models that define and control identity performance.

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Stavros Stavrou Karayanni (auteur)

Stavros Stavrou Karayanni’s publications include critical and creative work on culture, politics, gender, and sexuality in the Middle East. He has presented and performed at international conferences and cultural festivals. He has taught at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia and the University of Calgary in Alberta. Currently he is an assistant professor of English literature at Cyprus College in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Auteur(s) : Stavros Stavrou Karayanni