Raising Dust: A Cultural History of Dance in Palestine

by Nicholas Rowe

Dance in Palestine has a history as complex and contentious as the land itself. Whether dismissed as bacchantic madness by Bible tourists in the 19th Century, revived and glorified by Zionists, Pan-Arabists and Palestinian Nationalists in the 20th Century, or rejected by Islamic Reformists in the 21st Century, dance in Palestine has a rich and elusive story that remains to be told. 'Raising Dust' traces one dancer's journey into Palestine's past and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845119436
• ISBN13: 9781845119430
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.7"