Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World
Description
"I think it is the most eloquent of female dances, with its haunting lyricism, its fire, its endlessly shifting kaleidoscope of sensual movement." With these words, Wendy Buonaventura explains her own fascination with Arabic dance. Her book is a unique celebration of the female dancers of the Arab world, and their impact on the West. She explains the origins of this ancient art, which has survived in the face of commercialism, religious disapproval and changing times. Focusing on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, she shows how Arabic dance came to be influenced by ...
ISBN(s)
1566563003, 9781566563000
