Blurring the Boundaries of Gendered Encounters: Moorish Dancing Girls in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century American Fair Exhibitions

Moroccan dancing women appeared as entertainers in 19th and 20th-century American fair expositions. Their physical and epistemological journeys and their performances on the fair midways have been largely missing from the histories of the Moroccan and American entertainment industries. Their experie...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simour, Lhoussain (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Brill 2014
In: Hawwa
Year: 2014, Volume: 11, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 133-159
Further subjects:B Moorish dancing women oriental performance gender and performance American world’s fair expositions orientalism midways
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)