| Description |
xii, 244 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. One Entering Palestine and its history -- 1.Dance, people and politics -- 2.Finding the start for a history -- pt. Two 1800-1947, Dance observed: the salvage paradigm -- 3.The late Ottoman period -- 4.The British Mandate -- pt. Three 1948-80, Dance revived: three processes of salvage -- 5.Zionist salvage -- 6.Pan-Arabist salvage -- 7.Palestinian nationalist salvage -- pt. Four 1980-2008, Dance in evolutionary motion: the post-salvage paradigm -- 8.The First Intifada -- 9.The Oslo period -- 10.The Second Intifada -- 11.Dancing down the road |
| Summary |
Dance in Palestine has a history as complex and contentious as the land itself. Dismissed as bacchantic madness by Bible tourists in the nineteenth century, revived and glorified by Zionists, Pan-Arabists and Palestinian Nationalists in the twentieth century, and rejected by Islamic Reformists in the twenty-first century, dance in Palestine has a rich and elusive story that remains to be told. -- |
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From the vineyards of the Old Testament to the municipal gardens of the Palestinian Authority, Rowe weaves dance and politics into a cultural narrative that is both personal and collective. Sumptuously illustrated, the resulting history stamps and twirls with the power, grace and determination of a dabkeh line. --Book Jacket |
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Raising Dust traces one dancer's journey into Palestine's past and present. Through historical archives, the memories of dancers of yesteryear and into today's vibrant performing arts scene, Nicholas Rowe shares a vision of the Occupied Palestinian Territories that is often hidden by tragic news headlines. During tumultuous times dance has acted as a barometer of social change, a forum for debate and a means of expressing forbidden ideas. Far from apolitical, this most physical of art forms has often defined the political mood of the day. -- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [218]-235) and index |
| Subject |
Dance -- Social aspects -- Palestine.
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Dance -- Palestine -- History.
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Dance -- Palestine.
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| SUBJECT |
Palestine -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097183
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| LC no. |
2010293367 |
| ISBN |
1845119436 (hbk.) |
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9781845119430 (hbk.) |
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