Document Type
Article
Department
Dance (Pomona), Theatre (Pomona)
Publication Date
1995
Keywords
Iranian, women, theatrical plays
Abstract
Iranian women's comic improvised traditional theatre is a rich and important, but little-known, source of performative and textual material that has been rarely documented or discussed by serious students of folklore and dance, either in Iran or in the West. I argue that this amateur theatrical form performed and created by women for other women is the single most important source representing the multivocality of traditional Iranian women of all classes. Both in content and performance, these theatrical plays or games are a unique form of expression that needs several analytic approaches to elucidate its meaning and place in women's lives as well as in the wider area of traditional Iranian performance practices.
Rights Information
© 1995 Congress on Research in Dance
Recommended Citation
Shay, Anthony. “Bazi-ha-ye Namayeshi: Iranian Women’s Theatrical Plays,” Dance Research Journal 27, no. 2 (Autumn, 1995), 16-24.
