In this study, Karayanni (U. of Calgary) explores how Middle Eastern dance actively engages issues of race, sex, and national identity. His approach combines pe... » 

In this study, Karayanni (U. of Calgary) explores how Middle Eastern dance actively engages issues of race, sex, and national identity. His approach combines personal reflection (as a Greek Cypriot) with historical investigation and theoretical analysis. Close readings of colonial travel narratives, Oscar Wilde's Salom and treatises on Greek dance «