Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East - Softcover

Zuhur, Sherifa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9774244672 ISBN 13: 9789774244674

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This book brings a 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.

About this title

Review:

"Proof in print that good scholarship can be fun as well as intellectually stimulating." -- The MEWS Review

Synopsis:

Explores dance, music, painting and cinema as experienced and practiced within the Middle East and also abroad. The text breaks down the distinctions - of form, geography, "high" and "low" art, performer and artist - to delineate the subjects and processes of Middle Eastern artistic culture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 9774244672
• ISBN 13: 9789774244674
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334