Books by Barbara Sellers-Young

The consequence of this discourse has been a global revision of the solo dances of North Africa and the Middle East into new genres that are still part of the larger belly dance community but are distinct in form and meaning from the dance as practiced within communities in North Africa and the Middle East.

Examines the methods used by Kanriye Fujima, a member of the Fujima school of Japan, to teach "Nihon Buyon" to primarily Japanese-Americans. The author discusses Fujima's life as a teacher and provides an explanation of her teaching processes and contexts of perfomances.