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Colors of enchantment : theater, dance, music, and the visual arts of the Middle East / edited by Sherifa Zuhur.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, c2001.Description: xiv, 456 p. [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789774246074 (pbk.) :
  • 9774246071 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Theater, dance, music, and the visual arts of the Middle East
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NX573 .C65 2001
Contents:
Introduction / Sherifa Zuhur -- 1. Revisiting the Theater in Egypt: An Overview / Mona Mikhail -- 2. Burnt-Cork Nationalism: Race and Identity in the Theater of Ali al-Kassar / Eve M. Troutt Powell -- 3. The Tears of a Clown: Yusuf Idris and Postrevolutionary Egyptian Theater / Clarissa Burt -- 4. El-Warsha: Theatrical Experimentation and Cultural Preservation / Tori Haring-Smith -- 5. Persian Plays and the Iranian Theater / M. R. Ghanoonparvar -- 6. The Palestinian Hakawati Theater: A Brief History / Reuven Snir -- 7. Performing Depth: Translating Moroccan Culture in Modern Verse / Deborah Kapchan -- 8. Gender Challenges to Patriarchy: Wannus’ Tuqus al-Isharat wa-l-Tahawalat / Sami A. Ofeish -- 9. From Cultural Authenticity to Social Relevance: The Plays of Amin al-Rihani, Kahlil Gibran, and Karim Alrawi / Rashad Rida -- 10. Dance: A Visual Marker of Qabili Identity in Highland Yemen / Najwa Adra -- 11. Race, Sexuality, and Arabs in American Entertainment, 1850-1900 / Lori Anne Salem -- 12. Farewell to Tahia / Edward W. Said -- 13. Tarab ("Enchantment") in the Mystic Sufi Chant of Egypt / Michael Frishkopf -- 14. Musical Stardom and Male Romance: Farid al-Atrash / Sherifa Zuhur -- 15. Modern Arab Music: Portraits of Enchantment from the Middle Generation / Sami W. Asmar and Kathleen Hood -- 16. The Classical Iraqi Maqam and Its Survival / Neil van der Linden -- 17. Musical Attitudes and Spoken Language in Pre-Civil War Beirut / ’Ali Jihad Racy -- 18. The Sheba River Valley Dam: The Reconstruction of Architecture, History, and Music in a Yemeni Operetta / Philip D. Schuyler -- 19. Middle East Peace Through Music: A Diwan in Weimar / Selim Sednaoui -- 20. Modern painting in the Mashriq/ Wijdan Ali -- 21. Visualizing identity: gender and nation in Egyptian cartoons/ Tonia Rifaey and Sheifa Zuhur -- 22. Meditations on Painting and History: Interview with Huda Lutfi / Samia Mehrez and James Stone.

"Dar el Kutub no. 9226/00"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Sherifa Zuhur -- 1. Revisiting the Theater in Egypt: An Overview / Mona Mikhail -- 2. Burnt-Cork Nationalism: Race and Identity in the Theater of Ali al-Kassar / Eve M. Troutt Powell -- 3. The Tears of a Clown: Yusuf Idris and Postrevolutionary Egyptian Theater / Clarissa Burt -- 4. El-Warsha: Theatrical Experimentation and Cultural Preservation / Tori Haring-Smith -- 5. Persian Plays and the Iranian Theater / M. R. Ghanoonparvar -- 6. The Palestinian Hakawati Theater: A Brief History / Reuven Snir -- 7. Performing Depth: Translating Moroccan Culture in Modern Verse / Deborah Kapchan -- 8. Gender Challenges to Patriarchy: Wannus’ Tuqus al-Isharat wa-l-Tahawalat / Sami A. Ofeish -- 9. From Cultural Authenticity to Social Relevance: The Plays of Amin al-Rihani, Kahlil Gibran, and Karim Alrawi / Rashad Rida -- 10. Dance: A Visual Marker of Qabili Identity in Highland Yemen / Najwa Adra -- 11. Race, Sexuality, and Arabs in American Entertainment, 1850-1900 / Lori Anne Salem -- 12. Farewell to Tahia / Edward W. Said -- 13. Tarab ("Enchantment") in the Mystic Sufi Chant of Egypt / Michael Frishkopf -- 14. Musical Stardom and Male Romance: Farid al-Atrash / Sherifa Zuhur -- 15. Modern Arab Music: Portraits of Enchantment from the Middle Generation / Sami W. Asmar and Kathleen Hood -- 16. The Classical Iraqi Maqam and Its Survival / Neil van der Linden -- 17. Musical Attitudes and Spoken Language in Pre-Civil War Beirut / ’Ali Jihad Racy -- 18. The Sheba River Valley Dam: The Reconstruction of Architecture, History, and Music in a Yemeni Operetta / Philip D. Schuyler -- 19. Middle East Peace Through Music: A Diwan in Weimar / Selim Sednaoui -- 20. Modern painting in the Mashriq/ Wijdan Ali -- 21. Visualizing identity: gender and nation in Egyptian cartoons/ Tonia Rifaey and Sheifa Zuhur -- 22. Meditations on Painting and History: Interview with Huda Lutfi / Samia Mehrez and James Stone.

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