Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World - Rilegato

Buonaventura, Wendy

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0863566723 ISBN 13: 9780863566721

Casa editrice: Saqi Books, 1989

Riassunto

Focusing on the 19th and early 20th centuries, the author shows how Arabic dance came to be influenced by Western ideas about art and entertainment. But the influence was two-way. In the heyday of "Orientalism", Arabic dance exerted a powerful influence on the Western imagination - on such writers as Flaubert, such artists as David Roberts and Jean-Leon Gerome, and such imitators as Colette and Mata Hari. Their fascination was often based on common fantasies about the women of the Middle East. Yet, as the book's illustrations show, this obsession also produced wonderfully evocative images. At the turn of the century, the genre also had an impact on fashion, theatre and popular entertainment.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Saqi Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0863566723
• ISBN 13: 9780863566721
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 208