| Description |
xiv, 456 p. [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Revisiting the theater in Egypt : an overview / Mona Mikhail -- Burnt-cork nationalism : race and identity in the theater of ʹAli al-Kassar / Eve M. Troutt Powell -- The tears of a clown : Yusuf Idris and postrevolutionary Egyptian theater / Clarissa Burt -- El-Warsha : theatrical experimentation and cultural preservation / Tori Haring-Smith -- Persian plays and the Iranian theater / M.R. Ghanoonparvar -- The Palestinian Hakawati Theater : a brief history / Reuven Snir -- Performing depth : translating Moroccan culture in modern verse / Deborah Kapchan -- Gender challenges to patriarchy : Wannus' Tuqus al-Isharat wa-l-Tahawalat / Sami A. Ofeish -- From cultural authenticity to social relevance : the plays of Amin al-Rihani, Kahlil Gibran, and Karim Alrawi / Rashad Rida -- Dance : a visual marker of Qabili identity in highland Yemen / Najwa Adra -- Race, sexuality, and Arabs in American entertainment, 1850-1900 / Lori Anne Salem -- Farewell to Tahia / Edward W. Said -- Tarab ("Enchantment") in the mystic Sufi chant of Egypt / Michael Fishkopf -- Musical stardom and male romance : Farid al-Atrash / Sherifa Zuhur -- Modern Arab music : portraits of enchantment from the middle generation / Sami W. Asmar with Kathleen Hood -- The classical Iraqi Maqam and its survival / Neil van der Linden -- Musical attitudes and spoken language in pre-Civil War Beirut / ʹAli Jihad Racy -- The Sheba River Valley dam : the reconstruction of architecture, history, and music in a Yemeni operetta / Philip D. Schuyler -- Middle East peace through music : a diwan in Weimar / Selim Sednaoui -- Modern painting in the Mashriq / Wijdan Ali -- Visualizing identity : gender and nation in Egyptian cartoons / Tonia Rifaey and Sherifa Zuhur -- Meditations on painting and history : interview with Huda Lutfi / Samia Mehrez and James Stone. |
| Subject |
Arts, Middle Eastern.
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Performing arts -- Middle East.
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| Added Author |
Zuhur, Sherifa.
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| Added Title |
Theater, dance, music, and the visual arts of the Middle East. |
| ISBN |
9774246071 |
| OCLC # |
48788252 |
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