1. The social world of belly dance -- 2. Performing gender -- 3. The belly dancing body -- 4. Friendship and community -- 5. A spiritual dance -- 6. A belly dance identity -- 7. "There's enough drama in belly dance"--8. Negotiating erotic images of belly dance -- 9. The finale.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 The social world of belly dance -- Behind belly dance -- Belly dance as artistic leisure -- The controversial label of "belly dance"-…
Acknowledgements -- Initializing -- Settings -- Sync -- Personalize -- Validate -- Ignore -- Submit -- Disable -- Save as -- Bibliography
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