TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ward,Heather D.
TI  - Egyptian belly dance in transition: the Raqs Sharqi revolution, 1890-1930 
SN  - 9781476629636
AV  - GV1798 .E397 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers
KW  - Belly dance
KW  - Egypt
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 1; 2; b
N2  - "Drawing on an array of sources, the author traces the early development of raqs sharqi in the context of contemporary trends in Egyptian arts and entertainment. The dance is revealed to be a hybrid cultural expression, emerging with the formation of Egyptian national identity at the end of the 19th century, when Egypt was occupied by the British"--
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