Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle EastSherifa Zuhur American Univ in Cairo Press, 1998 - 324 pages This original and multidimensional book brings a refreshing new approach to the study of the arts of the Middle East. By dealing in one volume with dance, music, painting, and cinema, as experienced and practiced not only within the Middle East but also abroad, Images of Enchantment breaks down the artificial distinctions--of form, geography, 'high' and 'low' art, performer and artist--that are so often used to delineate the subjects and processes of Middle Eastern artistic culture. The eighteen essays in this book cover themes as diverse as Bedouin dance, the music of Arab Americans, cinema in Egypt and Iran, Hollywood representations of the Middle East, and contemporary Sudanese painting. The contributions come from scholars and critics and from the artists themselves. Together, they present a wide-ranging and holistic view of the arts in their social, political, anthropological, and gender contexts. Contributors: Walter Armbrust, Farida Ben Lyazid, Kay Hardy Campbell, Virginia Danielson, Marjorie Franken, Sondra Hale, Carolee Kent, Hamid Naficy, Salwa Mikdadi Nashashibi, Anne K. Rasmussen, Selim Sednaoui, Simon Shaheen, Rebecca Stone, Chaïbia Talal, Karin Van Nieuwkerk, William Young, Sherifa Zuhur. |
Contents
Folk Music and Dance | 57 |
History Memory and Reimaging in Middle Eastern Music | 81 |
Western Classical Music in Umm Kulthums Country | 123 |
Beyond the Performance | 157 |
The Artists Voice | 183 |
Political and Gendered Imagery in Film | 205 |
Iranian Cinema under the Islamic Republic | 229 |
Farida Fahmy and the Dancers Image in Egyptian Film | 265 |
Bibliography | 301 |
Notes on Contributors | 317 |
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