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02216aam a2200421 i 4500 001 6E7C7F2A4DE711E4A85DE8D9DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20141007010118 008 140421t20142014nyua bq 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014001941 020 $a 1137433604 (hardback) 020 $a 9781137433602 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)873726178 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN2960.I75 $b S53 2014 082 00 $a 791.0917/67 $2 23 084 $a SOC032000 $a PER011020 $a SOC032000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Shay, Anthony, $d 1936- $e author. 245 14 $a The dangerous lives of public performers : $b dancing, sex, and entertainment in the Islamic world / $c Anthony Shay. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2014. 300 $a 291 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-272), filmography and index. 520 $a "This study addresses the history of the public entertainer, dancers, singers, actors, and others from ancient Greece and Rome into the Islamic world from its inception to the present day. Reviled, despised, but deeply desired and alluring, the public entertainer came from abject backgrounds--slaves, orphans, minority groups--and served as models of how not to behave through their scandalous lives"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Entertainers $z Islamic countries $x History. 650 0 $a Performing arts $z Islamic countries $x History. 650 7 $a PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Entertainers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00912655 650 7 $a Performing arts. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01057887 651 7 $a Islamic countries. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01244130 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/602/9781137433602/image/lgcover.9781137433602.jpg 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180103061330.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6E7C7F2A4DE711E4A85DE8D9DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search