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Author Hatami, Elaheh, 1979- author.

Title Glocal bodies : dancers in exile and politics of place : a critical study of contemporary Iranian dance / Elaheh Hatami
Published Bielefeld : Transcript, [2022]
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Description 1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations
Series Critical dance studies, 2747-3139 ; volume 62
Critical dance studies (Bielefeld, Germany) ; v. 62.
Contents Introduction : Background, objective, and methodology -- 1. Dance : A dilemma in Iranian art -- 2. Exile at home : The imposition of outsider status on dancers and dance within Iran -- 3. Moving toward external exile : Iranian dance and dancers cast out of their homeland -- 4. Change of perspective: Becoming contemporary through tradition and experiment -- 5. Transformation and reconnection to home -- Conclusion
Summary This book is a critical study of Iranian dance and the works of Iranian-American female dancers in exile. Focusing on the study of contemporary Iranian dance through analysis of the choreographies of three female dancers in diaspora (namely Aisan Hoss, Shahrzad Khorsandi, and Banafsheh Sayyad), this research is among the first of its kind. Elaheh Hatami investigates the transformation of professional Iranian dance and discusses the role of relocation and displacement in its performance. She argues that Iranian dance and Iranian female dancers have always been in exile -- not only in a physical sense, but also in the metaphorical sense of "exile" implying foreignness, exclusion, and marginalization.-- Provided by publisher
Notes Thesis (doctoral)--Freie Universität Berlin, 2021
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Elaheh Hatami (Dr. phil.), born in 1979, studied dance studies at Freie Universität Berlin, where she also received her doctorate. For her Ph.D she was awarded with a scholarship from the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation
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Subject Dance -- Iran -- History
Exiled women dancers -- Iran
Women dancers -- Iran -- Social conditions
PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General.
Exiled women dancers
Dance
Iran
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783839460801
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