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Description
This essay studies uses of alterity in the medieval plays of Egyptian Ibn Daniyal and selected modern Karagoz plays from Turkey, considering the alterity of the puppet itself and also the social alterities represented by the puppets in these works.
Publication Date
2023
Publisher
University of Connecticut
City
Storrs
Keywords
puppet, representation, race and ethnicity, paraphilia, hunchbacks, karagoz
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Other Arts and Humanities | Other Theatre and Performance Studies | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Recommended Citation
Carlson, Marvin, "Alterity in the Arabic and Near Eastern Puppet Theater" (2023). Representing Alterity through Puppetry and Performing Objects. Edited by John Bell, Matthew Isaac Cohen, and Jungmin Song.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/ballinst_alterity/1
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