Core Connections

Cairo Belly Dance in the Revolution's Aftermath

Christine M. Şahin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2024
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-761363-4 (ISBN)

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Core Connections: Cairo Belly Dance in the Revolution's Aftermath explores the intricate networks of belly dance in Cairo, Egypt following the turbulent aftermath of the January 25, 2011 revolution. This comprehensive ethnography takes readers on a captivating journey through the city's diverse dance landscapes spanning from Nile cruising tourist boats and decadent five-star hotels to smoky late-night discos and Pyramid Street cabarets. While mapping the multiple maneuverings of Cairene dancers and viewers alike, author Christine Şahin centralizes the dancers' embodied political insight while fleshing out nuanced portraits of their lives and stories amidst ongoing political precarity. Bridging the realms of Dance and Middle Eastern Gender Studies, this groundbreaking book not only analyses but embodies ethnography.

This book's ethnographic approach mirrors the core of Cairo belly dance itself via attending to dual meanings of moving; centralizing mobility and movement as sites of power and knowledge, but also in researching and writing in ways that stir up poignant emotions that lead to physical reactions, change, and connection. In essence, the book captures the same aesthetics and values of Cairo belly dancing: to 'move' with greater feeling and to cultivate richer core connections within ourselves, between one another, and within our city-spaces. In doing so, it advocates for a heightened awareness of the intricate nuances present in otherwise marginalized bodily interaction and exchange, recognizing their potential to inspire into more revolutionary realities and relationships.

Christine Şahin is a dance practitioner-scholar and ethnographer specializing in contemporary Egyptian social, street, and staged dance as well as other vernacular MENAT (Middle Eastern, North African, and Turkish) dance genres. ?ahin is currently serving as Acting Assistant Professor of Dance in the Department of Dance at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration

Introduction

Taxi Transition: Zahma (Traffic)

Chapter 1: Nile Cruising Boats: Cruising the Nile while Contesting Borders, Boundaries, and Bodies

Taxi Transition: 3aeesh (Life-Bread)

Chapter 2: Five-Star Hotels: Checking in, or Checking out? Contemporary Conditions in the Revolution's Aftermath

Taxi Transition: Checkpoint

Chapter 3: Discos: Risqué Moves and the Exposure of Policing Politics

Taxi Transition: Pieces of Freedom

Chapter 4: Pyramid Street Cabarets: Negotiating Slippery Stages and Contradictory Competitions

Taxi Transition: A Final Ride as Farewell Finale

Circling Back and Dropping Off: Core Continuations and Connections

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	25.04.2024
Zusatzinfo	16
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 234 mm
Gewicht	431 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-19-761363-2 / 0197613632
ISBN-13	978-0-19-761363-4 / 9780197613634
Zustand	Neuware