A Trade like Any Other: Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt
Karin Van Nieuwkerk examines female singers and dancers in Egypt, treating their work as a trade and exploring what it reveals about gender, labor, performance, and society. This focused study offers readers a way to consider cultural work and women’s professional lives within an Egyptian context.
About This Book
A Trade like Any Other explores the work of female singers and dancers in Egypt.
The book considers singing and dancing as a form of trade, focusing on the people who practice these professions.
Through its subject, it offers a perspective on gender, labor, and performance within Egyptian society.
Karin Van Nieuwkerk’s study will interest readers of anthropology, cultural studies, women’s studies, and Middle Eastern history.
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