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The dangerous lives of public performers

Anthony Shay · 2014

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"This study addresses the history of the public entertainer, dancers, singers, actors, and others from ancient Greece and Rome into the Islamic world from its inception to the present day. Reviled, despised, but deeply desired and alluring, the public entertainer came from abject backgrounds--slaves, orphans, minority groups--and served as models of how not to behave through their scandalous lives"--

Book details

Year
2014
Language
English
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Editions
1
Pages
291
ISBN
9781137433602

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