Dance and Authenticity in Israel and Palestine : : Performing the Nation / / Elke Kaschl.
Dance and Authenticity is an ethnography of dance performance and cultural form. It describes how dabkeh , a type of dance performed at Palestinian weddings, became a model for the Israeli Jewish debkah as a means of affirming Israeli Jewish belonging and common society. The Palestinian dabkeh , in...
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| Superior document: | Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 89 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2003. |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ;
89. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Formalia and Transcription; Stage Settings; CHAPTER 1. INVESTIGATING THE PERFORMANCE OF NATIONALISM AS A RELATIONAL PROCESS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE; CHAPTER 2. STRUGGLING FOR MODERN STATEHOOD: AUTHENTICITY, GENDER AND A TWICE INVENTED TRADITION; CHAPTER 3. CHANGING WAYS OF MOVEMENT: THE PALESTINIAN POPULAR DANCE TROUPE EL-FUNOUN, 1979-1999; CHAPTER 4. MAKING PLACE: KARMEI MAKHOL, 1982-1999; CHAPTER 5. IMPROVISING IN BETWEEN: AL-ASAYYEL, 1988-1999; Closing Up; Appendix; Bibliography; Glossary; Index