Dancing Fear and Desire

Stavros Stavrou Karayanni's publications include critical and creative work on culture, politics, gender, and sexuality in the Middle East. He has presented and performed at international conferences and cultural festivals. He has taught at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia and the University of Calgary in Alberta. Currently he is an assistant professor of English literature at Cyprus College in Nicosia, Cyprus.

``Dancing Fear and Desire bridges `the discourse of postcolonial dance and queer theory.' Through its examination of `the politics of dance--tsifteleli, belly dance [and] Oriental dance'--the book will appeal to serious students of the dance as cultural phenomenon.... An interesting mix of personal observations, subjective conclusions, and scholarly research, Karayanni's study advances our understanding of and appreciation for Middle Eastern dance forms.'' -- M. Wayne Cunningham -- Canadian Book Review Annual, 2006, 200702

• Dancing Fear and Desire: Race, Sexuality, and Imperial Politics in Middle Eastern Dance by Stavros Stavrou KarayanniAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroducing Colonial and Postcolonial Dialectics on the Subject of DanceDismissal Veiling Desire: Kuchuk Hanem and Imperial MasculinityThe Dance of Extravagant Pleasures: Male Performers of the Orient and the Politics of the Imperial GazeDancing Decadence: Semiotics of Dance and the Phantasm of Salomé""I have seen this dance on old Greek vases"": Hellenism and the Worlding of Greek DanceWhat Dancer from Which Dance? Concluding ReflectionsEpilogueNotesWorks CitedIndex