Dance and Non-Dance
Patterned Movement in Iran and Islam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9979604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Shay (University of California, Riverside, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 61-78 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00210869508701830 |
| OpenAlex | W1963844379 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 8 |
Much Scholarly Ink has been Spilled over the Question of What constitutes dance in different societies. Several attempts have been made to create a universal category for dance that would enable dance scholars to transcend this fundamental question and get down to the business of conducting research, secure in the knowledge that all of their colleagues understand the basic definitions of “dance.” None of the current definitions takes into account dance and dance events in societies such as those of the Islamic areas of the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa where the term for dance (usually the Arabic word raqṣ ) can possibly bear powerfully negative or, at least, ambiguous connotations. While dance, and a word to denote that activity, exists and we can perhaps come to an agreement over what constitutes dance, an even more crucial issue is what dance is not in an Islamic environment
Aesthetics · Art · Contemporary dance · Dance · Islam · Literature · Movement (music · Sociology · History · Islamic Studies and History · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.26 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2025 (31) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |