Cover of Fraught Balance, with groups of men dancing

Fraught Balance

The Embodied Politics of Dabke Dance Music in Syria

Shayna M. Silverstein

AWARDS:

Winner, de la Torre Bueno First Book Award, presented by the Dance Studies Association

Winner, Book Prize, presented by the Association of Middle East Women's Studies

Winner, Dance, Movement, and Gesture Kealiinohomoku Award, presented by the Society for Ethnomusicology

Honorable mention, ICTMD Book Prize, presented by the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance

Honorable mention, Ruth Stone Prize, presented by the Society for Ethnomusicology

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