An edition of The dangerous lives of public performers
(2014)
The dangerous lives of public performers
dancing, sex, and entertainment in the Islamic world
by Anthony Shay
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"This study addresses the history of the public entertainer, dancers, singers, actors, and others from ancient Greece and Rome into the Islamic world from its inception to the present day. Reviled, despised, but deeply desired and alluring, the public entertainer came from abject backgrounds--slaves, orphans, minority groups--and served as models of how not to behave through their scandalous lives"--
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The dangerous lives of public performers: dancing, sex, and entertainment in the Islamic world
2014, Palgrave Macmillan
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1137433604 9781137433602
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Includes filmography.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-272) and index.
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