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I've posted a new article on Shira.net: Feminism and Belly Dance, by Andrea Deagon. The article actually originally appeared in Habibi Magazine several years ago, but it's new to my site. (Posted with Andrea's permission, of course.)
In the article, Andrea offers tools for belly dancers to use in thinking about our dance form from a feminist perspective. See Feminism and Belly Dance
I've always considered myself a feminist, and my career has been in a male-dominated field (high tech), but I've never taken any sort of academic college courses in women's studies or feminism, so I'm not familiar with how the academic world characterizes it. I found Andrea's article to be an interesting starting point in thinking about feminism. I've never really thought about how feminism relates to belly dancing, or at least, I haven't thought about it in depth.
Have any of you experienced encounters such as the one Andrea describes with feminists who view belly dancing in a negative light? How does your activity as a dancer measure up against some of the issues Andrea discusses in the article?
In the article, Andrea offers tools for belly dancers to use in thinking about our dance form from a feminist perspective. See Feminism and Belly Dance
I've always considered myself a feminist, and my career has been in a male-dominated field (high tech), but I've never taken any sort of academic college courses in women's studies or feminism, so I'm not familiar with how the academic world characterizes it. I found Andrea's article to be an interesting starting point in thinking about feminism. I've never really thought about how feminism relates to belly dancing, or at least, I haven't thought about it in depth.
Have any of you experienced encounters such as the one Andrea describes with feminists who view belly dancing in a negative light? How does your activity as a dancer measure up against some of the issues Andrea discusses in the article?