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

by Anthony Shay

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134949268X
• ISBN13: 9781349492688
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"