Serpent of the Nile : Women and dance in the Arab world
Buonaventura, Wendy, 1950-1989
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A study of Arabic dance, this book focuses on the 19th and 20th centuries and looks at the mutual influence of this type of dance with Western ideas of art and entertainment. The author charts the history of this ancient art and explains its impact, in the face of commercialism and disapproval.
Main title:
Serpent of the Nile : Women and dance in the Arab world / Wendy Buonaventura.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Saqi, 1989.
Collation:
205p. : ill(some col.) ; 30cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p205. - Includes index.
ISBN:
9780863566721
Language:
English
BRN:
553198