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Islamic Cultures.(NEW REFERENCE WORKS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES)(Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, vol. 5: Practices, Interpretations and Representations)(Book review)

Publication: Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources
Publication Date: 22-DEC-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Suad Joseph, gen. ed., ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN & ISLAMIC CULTURE, VOL. V: PRACTICES, INTERPRETATIONS, AND REPRESENTATIONS. Boston: Brill, 2007. 598p. $356.00, ISBN 978-90-04-12821-7.

Did you know that it was Westerners who created the "Oriental" cabaret attire that many of us associate with...

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...belly dancers?

The Egyptian dance costume of the nineteenth century consisted of a simple wide skirt or trousers, undershirt and waistcoat. Western belly dancers molded this rather ordinary dance outfit. "Eastern" elements, found missing, were added. The veil, pre-eminently "Oriental" was introduced, and around the 1920s, the Western...

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