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The Dangerous Lives of Public Performers: Dancing, Sex, and Entertainment in the Islamic World

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Examining performers from the ancient Mediterranean world to the modern Islamic Middle East, including India and Pakistan, Shay explores the careers, artistic performances, and legacies of these individuals who were forced to produce entertainment and art for, and have sex with, any and all patrons.

Source: Scholarship @ Claremont (The Claremont Colleges)

Author: Anthony Shay

Language: English

Topic: Islamic Studies and History

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W586262980

FWCI: 10.88

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