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Ida Meftahi
University of Maryland, College Park
Occupation
Other
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Historiography
Middle East/Near East Studies
Cultural Studies
Iranian Studies
Gender/Women's Studies
Dance
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Iran
Turkey
Specialties
Performing Body, Biopolitics, Gender
Modern Iran,social And Cultural History
Cultural History, Egypt And Turkey
Languages
Persian (native)
Azeri (native)
English (advanced)
French (elementary)
Arabic (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2013 | Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations | University of Toronto
MA | 2007 | Dance Studies | York University
BA | 1999 | computer science | Sharif University of Technology
Abstracts
From zanpush to Angel and Persian Princess: the Invention of an Ideal Female National Dancer in 20th-Century Iran The Bio-Political Economy of Cabaret Dancing in Twentieth-Century Iran The "Negative Space" of the "Popular" in Twentieth century Iran Historicizing the “Piety” of Sound and Movement on the Post-Revolutionary Iranian Stage “Degenerate” Bodies, “Degenerate” Performances