“Visible invisibility”: from traditional ṭaggāgāt to Samra female pop stars, representations and performativity of race and gender in the northern Arabian Peninsula

This article looks at how race and gender are represented and performed as far as female Sumr (brown skinned) performers in the northern Arabian Peninsula are concerned, from traditional ṭaggāgāt (wedding singers) to contemporary pop stars. Its main thesis is that musical entertainment over the cent...

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Main Author: Coline Houssais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa 2023-12-01
Series:Arabian Humanities
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/arabianhumanities/11407
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