Arrows of Desire: Dance and Power in Transnational Cinema

This article focuses on the complexity of oriental belly dancing as it has become in recent years an expression of female joy and “will to power” celebrated by Arab and North African diaspora filmmakers. Associated with female emancipation rather than moral decline, the practice of oriental dancing...

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Main Author: May Telmissany
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2013-12-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/8319
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