Performing ‘Little Egypt’: Ashea Wabe and the American Harem Scenario
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Performing ‘Little Egypt’ : Ashea Wabe and the American Harem Scenario. / Koegeler-Abdi, Martina.
Approaching Transnational America in Performance. red. / Birgit M. Bauridl ; Pia Wiegmink. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien : Peter Lang, 2016. s. 137-158.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Performing ‘Little Egypt’
T2 - Ashea Wabe and the American Harem Scenario
AU - Koegeler-Abdi, Martina
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The belly dancer Ashea Wabe reached national fame as ‘Little Egypt’ in her provocative performances on and off stage in the late nineteenth century. I argue that her strategic embodiment of colonial harem fantasies was integral to the development of an American harem scenario that merges orientalist fantasies with the specter of U.S. slavery.
AB - The belly dancer Ashea Wabe reached national fame as ‘Little Egypt’ in her provocative performances on and off stage in the late nineteenth century. I argue that her strategic embodiment of colonial harem fantasies was integral to the development of an American harem scenario that merges orientalist fantasies with the specter of U.S. slavery.
U2 - 10.3726/b10360
DO - 10.3726/b10360
M3 - Book chapter
SP - 137
EP - 158
BT - Approaching Transnational America in Performance
A2 - Bauridl , Birgit M.
A2 - Wiegmink, Pia
PB - Peter Lang
CY - Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien
ER -
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