{"product_id":"trade-like-any-other-female-singers-and-dancers-in-egypt","title":"Trade Like Any Other: Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTrade Like Any Other: Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKarin Van Nieuwkerk\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780292787230\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of Texas Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1995\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Egypt, singing and dancing are considered essential on happy occasions. Professional entertainers often perform at weddings and other celebrations, and a host family's prestige rises with the number, expense, and fame of the entertainers they hire. Paradoxically, however, the entertainers themselves are often viewed as disreputable people and are accorded little prestige in Egyptian society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis paradox forms the starting point of Karin van Nieuwkerk's look at the Egyptian entertainment trade. She explores the lives of female performers and the reasons why work they regard as \"a trade like any other\" is considered disreputable in Egyptian society. In particular, she demonstrates that while male entertainers are often viewed as simply \"making a living,\" female performers are almost always considered bad, seductive women engaged in dishonorable conduct. She traces this perception to the social definition of the female body as always and only sexual and enticing--a perception that stigmatizes women entertainers even as it simultaneously offers them a means of livelihood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn from extensive fieldwork and enriched with the life stories of entertainers and nightclub performers, this is the first ethnography of female singers and dancers in present-day Egypt. It will be of interest to a wide audience in anthropology, women's studies, and Middle Eastern culture, as well as anyone who enjoys belly dancing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Trade Like Any Other: Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt | Karin Van Nieuwkerk | Paperback | 9780292787230 | Used: Very Good | Music \u0026 Performing Arts 1656319","offer_id":48415379947672,"sku":"1656319","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/918EngRIQ_L.jpg?v=1773331853","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/trade-like-any-other-female-singers-and-dancers-in-egypt","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}