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A trade like any other :female singers and dancers in Egypt
- 作者: Nieuwkerk, Karin van,
- 出版: Austin : University of Texas Press 1995.
- 版本: 1st ed.
- 稽核項: xi, 226 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
- 標題: Social conditions. , Women entertainers Egypt -- Social conditions. , Belly dance music , Belly dance music Egypt. , Women entertainers , Belly dance.
- ISBN: 0292787235 , 9780292787230
- 附註: 表演藝術資料中心計畫藏書 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-219) and index.
- 系統號: 005217266
- 資料類型: 圖書
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In Egypt, singing and dancing are considered essential on happy occasions. Professional entertainers often perform at weddings and other celebrations, and a host family’s prestige rises with the number, expense, and fame of the entertainers they hire. Paradoxically, however, the entertainers themselves are often viewed as disreputable people and are accorded little prestige in Egyptian society. This paradox forms the starting point of Karin van Nieuwkerk’s look at the Egyptian entertainment trade. She explores the lives of female performers and the reasons why work they regard as "a trade like any other" is considered disreputable in Egyptian society. In particular, she demonstrates that while male entertainers are often viewed as simply "making a living," female performers are almost always considered bad, seductive women engaged in dishonorable conduct. She traces this perception to the social definition of the female body as always and only sexual and enticing—a perception that stigmatizes women entertainers even as it simultaneously offers them a means of livelihood. Drawn from extensive fieldwork and enriched with the life stories of entertainers and nightclub performers, this is the first ethnography of female singers and dancers in present-day Egypt. It will be of interest to a wide audience in anthropology, women’s studies, and Middle Eastern culture, as well as anyone who enjoys belly dancing.
來源: Google Book
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