Arabic shadow theatre, 1300-1900 : a handbook
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Arabic shadow theatre, 1300-1900 : a handbook
（Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Oriental studies, section 1 . The Near and Middle East ; v. 143）
Brill, c2020
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-279) and index
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Description
This handbook aims mainly at an analytical documentation of all the known textual remnants and the preserved artifacts of Arabic shadow theatre, a long-lived, and still living, tradition - from the earliest sightings in the tenth century to the turn of the twentieth century. The book consists of three main parts and a cluster of appendixes. Part One presents a history of Arab shadow theatre through a survey of medieval and premodern accounts and modern scholarship on the subject. Part Two takes stock of primary sources (manuscripts), published studies, and the current knowledge of various aspects of Arabic shadow theatre: language, style, terminology, and performance. Part Three offers an inventory of all known Arabic shadow plays. The documentation is based on manuscripts (largely unpublished), printed texts (scripts, excerpts), academic studies (in Arabic and Western languages), journalist reportage, and shadow play artifacts from collections worldwide.
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Figures
part 1: Research
1 Arabic Shadow Theatre in Historical Sources
1 Late 'Abbasid Accounts (c. 1000-1250)
2 Mamluk Accounts (c. 1250-1517)
3 Ottoman Accounts (c. 1517-1900)
4 Western Visitors' Accounts (c. 1760-1900)
2 Early Modern Scholarship
1 Orientalism and Arab Shadow Theatre: c. 1890-1945
2 Early Arab Scholarship: c. 1900-1950
3 New Studies
1 Western Scholarship Since the 1950s
2 Arab Research Activities Since the 1950s
part 2: Resources
4 Primary Sources: Manuscripts and Artifacts
1 Manuscripts
2 Shadow Figures
5 Language, Style, and Terminology
1 Content and Language
2 Songs in the Shadow Play: Canonic and Non-Canonic Verses
3 Terminology
6 Performance
1 Scenes from Medieval Cairo
2 Shadow Theatre of the Ottoman Time
3 Scenes from Early Modern Era
part 3: Repertoires
7 Medieval Arabic Shadow Plays: Ibn Daniyal and Others
1 Ibn Daniyal's Three Plays
2 An Unconfirmed Mamluk Shadow Play
8 Ottoman Egyptian Shadow Plays
1 Sources
2 An Original Description of the Repertoire
3 Six Early Ottoman Egyptian Shadow Plays
9 Late Ottoman and Early Modern Egyptian Plays
1 Four Egyptian Shadow Plays of Late Ottoman Time
2 Short Plays from Early Modern Egypt
10 Syrian and Levantine Plays
1 An Overview
2 Lebanon
3 Syria, Damascus
4 Syria, Aleppo
5 Syria, the Coastal Region
6 Other Syrian Plays
11 North African Plays
1 The Maghreb: Tunisia and Algeria
2 Libya
Epilogue: Notes from the Field
Arabic Shadow Theatre Today
Appendix 1: Arabic Shadow Plays: an Inventory
Appendix 2: Shadow Theatre in Premodern Arabic Poetry
1 The Prime Metaphor: God, Reality, and Shadow Play
2 Performance as Illusions Making and Performer as Illusionist
Appendix 3: The Cast
1 Egypt
2 Syria and the Levant
3 Tunisia and Algeria
4 Libya
Appendix 4: The Programme of a Layla Celebration
Appendix 5: Glossary (Arabic - English)
Bibliography
Index
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