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6%OFFKarin Van Nieuwkerk - Trade Like Any Other - 9780292787230 - V9780292787230
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Trade Like Any Other

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Description for Trade Like Any Other Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 b&w Photos. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.

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 ... Read more

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.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Weight
392g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292787230
SKU
V9780292787230
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Ref
99-50

About Karin Van Nieuwkerk
Karin van Nieuwkerk is an anthropologist and professor of contemporary Islam in Europe and the Middle East at the Radboud University Nijmegen.

Reviews for Trade Like Any Other
This fascinating ethnography of professional female entertainers in Egypt brings together issues and ideas relevant to dance, anthropology, ethnomusicology, gender studies, and area studies.... By providing new insight into historical, political, economic, religious, and cultural forces, van Nieuwkerk accounts for the ambivalent attitudes towards female professional performers in Egyptian society as well as the way they cope with their status. ... Read more

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