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Beyond the Belly: An Appraisal of Middle Eastern Dance (aka Belly Dance) as Leisure

Pages 201-233 | Published online: 13 Dec 2017

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Parijat Lanke & Papri Nath. (2024) The relationship between dance and well-being: examining the underlying mechanism and outcomes. World Leisure Journal 66:1, pages 134-150.
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Jasmyn Kim, Sua Im, Rokbit Sanghee Lee & Jinmoo Heo. (2023) Body positivity through creative immersion: A qualitative study of women’s pole dancing experiences. Health Care for Women International 44:6, pages 764-781.
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Pirkko Markula. (2020) Dance, movement and leisure cultures. Leisure Studies 39:4, pages 465-478.
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Yuchi Chang & Alan Bairner. (2019) Beautiful and good woman: gender role negotiation among Taiwanese women who belly dance. Sport in Society 22:8, pages 1326-1345.
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Charlene S. Shannon. (2016) Exploring Factors Influencing Girls' Continued Participation in Competitive Dance. Journal of Leisure Research 48:4, pages 284-306.
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Jenée Marquis & Rachel Gurvitch. (2015) Shake It Out! Belly Dance in Physical Education. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance 86:8, pages 14-21.
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Angela M. Moe. (2014) Sequins, Sass, and Sisterhood: An Exploration of Older Women's Belly Dancing. Journal of Women & Aging 26:1, pages 39-65.
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Berna Kurt. (2023) An Autoethnographic Analysis of a Space for Belly Dancing Women: Istanbul Educational and Cultural Association of Oriental Dancers. Dance Research 41:1, pages 19-39.
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Leonessa Boing, Tatiana do Bem Fretta, Melissa de Carvalho Souza Vieira, Gustavo Soares Pereira, Jéssica Moratelli, Fabiana Flores Sperandio, Anke Bergmann, Fatima Baptista, Mirella Dias & Adriana Coutinho de Azevedo Guimarães. (2020) Pilates and dance to patients with breast cancer undergoing treatment: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial – MoveMama study. Trials 21:1.
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Rachel Kraus. (2020) Abandoning Belly Dance: Leaving Female-Dominated Serious Leisure. International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure 3:2, pages 135-152.
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Robert A. StebbinsRobert A. Stebbins. 2020. The Serious Leisure Perspective. The Serious Leisure Perspective 151 170 .
Yunjung Kim & Sun-Yong Kwon. (2019) “I’m a Poler, and Proud of It”: South Korean Women’s Managed Experiences in a Stigmatized Serious Leisure Activity. Social Sciences 8:7, pages 199.
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Ainsley Hawthorn. (2019) Middle Eastern Dance and What We Call It. Dance Research 37:1, pages 1-17.
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Álvaro Murillo-García, Santos Villafaina, José C. Adsuar, Narcis Gusi & Daniel Collado-Mateo. (2018) Effects of Dance on Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018, pages 1-16.
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Joanna C. Nicholas, James A. Dimmock, Cyril J. Donnelly, Jacqueline A. Alderson & Ben Jackson. (2018) “It's our little secret … an in-group, where everyone's in”: Females' motives for participation in a stigmatized form of physical activity. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 36, pages 104-113.
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Ariel J. Dimler, Kimberley McFadden & Tara-Leigh F. McHugh. (2017) “I Kinda Feel Like Wonder Woman”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Pole Fitness and Positive Body Image. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 39:5, pages 339-351.
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Tabitha Castrillon, William J. Hanney, Carey E. Rothschild, Morey J. Kolber, Xinliang Liu & Michael Masaracchio. (2017) The effects of a standardized belly dance program on perceived pain, disability, and function in women with chronic low back pain. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation 30:3, pages 477-496.
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Barbara Sellers-YoungBarbara Sellers-Young. 2016. Belly Dance, Pilgrimage and Identity. Belly Dance, Pilgrimage and Identity 41 64 .
Barbara Sellers-YoungBarbara Sellers-Young. 2016. Belly Dance, Pilgrimage and Identity. Belly Dance, Pilgrimage and Identity 1 17 .
Márta Szalai, Bernadett Lévay, Anna Szirmai, István Papp, Viktória Prémusz & József Bódis. (2015) A clinical study to assess the efficacy of belly dancing as a tool for rehabilitation in female patients with malignancies. European Journal of Oncology Nursing 19:1, pages 60-65.
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Marika Tiggemann, Emily Coutts & Levina Clark. (2014) Belly Dance as an Embodying Activity?: A Test of the Embodiment Model of Positive Body Image. Sex Roles 71:5-8, pages 197-207.
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Rachel Kraus. (2014) Transforming Spirituality in Artistic Leisure: How the Spiritual Meaning of Belly Dance Changes Over Time. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 53:3, pages 459-478.
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Angela M. Moe. (2013) Healing Through Movement. Affilia 29:3, pages 326-339.
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Rachel Kraus. (2013) “I Really Don’t Do It For The Spirituality”. Implicit Religion 16:3, pages 301-318.
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Oraib Abu Raideh. (2021) The Political Potential of Belly Dance. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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