Colors of Enchantment: Theater, Dance, Music and Visual Arts of the Middle East.
What the back of the book says:
In this companion volume to the successful Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East, historian and ethnomusicologist Sherifa Zuhur has once again commissioned and edited authoratative essays from noteworthy scholars from around the globe that explore the visual and performing arts in the Middle East. What differentiates this volume from its predecessor is its investigation of theatre, from the early modern period to the contemporary. Topics include race and national identity in Egyptian theatre, early writing in the Arab theatre in North America, Persian-language theatre from its origins through the twentieth century. Palestinian nationalist theatre, and a survey of the work of noted Egyptian playwright Yusuf Idris. Other aspects of the arts are not neglected, of course, as further avenues of dance, music, and the visual arts are explored. Marked interesting and fresh perspectives, Colors of Enchantment is another vital contribution to scholarship on the arts of the Middle East.
Sherifa Zuhur is visiting professor of Islamic studies in the departments fo Religious Studies and History at Cleveland State University and director of the Institute for Middle Eastern, Islamic, and Diasporic Studies.
