Subject: Re: Belly dancing
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:51:49 -0400


Shashwati, there is Edward Said's piece on Tahheya Karyuka's belly dancing
in his Reflections on Exile. JK
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From: "Shashwati Talukdar" <lists-AT-shashwati.com>
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Subject: Belly dancing


> I am looking for sources on belly dancing. Ethnographies, histories,
> literature...
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> A colleague asserted that "belly-dancing" is a colonial
> invention-whether by master or native. I would love to prove him right.
>
>
> warm regards,
>
> Shashwati Talukdar
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