Folk Traditions of the Arab World
Author : Hasan M. El-Shamy
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780253352224
Author : Hasan M. El-Shamy
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780253352224
Author : Hasan M. El-Shamy
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 18,26 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780253352118
Author : Hasan M. El-Shamy
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 1302 pages
File Size : 39,7 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253344472
The only demographically oriented tale-type index for folktales of the Arab world
Author : Jilali El Koudia
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0815654448
Drawing on stories he heard as a boy from female relatives, Jilali El Koudia presents a cross section of utterly bewitching narratives. Filled with ghouls and fools, kind magic and wicked, eternal bonds and earthly wishes, these are mesmerizing stories to be savored, studied, or simply treasured. Varied genres include anecdotes, legends, and animal fables, and some tales bear strong resemblance to European counterparts, for example Aamar and his Sister (Hansel and Gretel) and Nunja and the White Dove (Cinderella). All capture the heart of Morroco and the soul of its people. In an enlightening introduction, El Koudia mourns the loss of the teller of tales in the marketplace, and he makes it clear that storytelling, born of memory and oral tradition, could vanish in the face of mass and electronic media.
Author : Lisa Urkevich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 30,67 MB
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 1135628165
Music and Traditions of the Arabian Peninsula provides a pioneering overview of folk and traditional urban music, along with dance and rituals, of Saudi Arabia and the Upper Gulf States of Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar. The nineteen chapters introduce variegated regions and subcultures and their rich and dynamic musical arts, many of which heretofore have been unknown beyond local communities. The book contains insightful descriptions of genres, instruments, poetry, and performance practices of the desert heartland (Najd), the Arabian/Persian Gulf shores, the great western cities including Makkah and Medinah, the southwestern mountains, and the hot Red Sea coast. Musical customs of distinctive groups such as Bedouin, seafarers, and regional women are explored. The book is packaged with downloadable resources and almost 200 images including a full color photo essay, numerous music transcriptions, a glossary with over 400 specialized terms, and original Arabic script alongside key words to assist with further research. This book provides a much-needed introduction and organizational structure for the diverse and complex musical arts of the region.
Author : Dwight Reynolds
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 36,20 MB
Release : 2007-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Provides background on Arab culture; discusses and presents examples of Arab verbal, musical, and material arts as well as customs and traditions; presents approaches to Arab folklore scholarship; and includes several further reading lists.
Author : Halim Barakat
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 36,51 MB
Release : 1993-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520914421
This wide-ranging examination of Arab society and culture offers a unique opportunity to know the Arab world from an Arab point of view. Halim Barakat, an expatriate Syrian who is both scholar and novelist, emphasizes the dynamic changes and diverse patterns that have characterized the Middle East since the mid-nineteenth century. The Arab world is not one shaped by Islam, nor one simply explained by reference to the sectarian conflicts of a "mosaic" society. Instead, Barakat reveals a society that is highly complex, with many and various contending polarities. It is a society in a state of becoming and change, one whose social contradictions are at the root of the struggle to transcend dehumanizing conditions. Arguing from a perspective that is both radical and critical, Barakat is committed to the improvement of human conditions in the Arab world.
Author : Dwight F. Reynolds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 41,75 MB
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0521898072
An accessible and wide-ranging survey of modern Arab culture covering political, intellectual and social aspects.
Author : Sayyid Hamid Hurriez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 11,4 MB
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136849149
A unique description and analysis of the domains and genres of UAE folklore, including folk customs and beliefs, traditional arts and crafts, folk dances, folk narratives and proverbs. Challenging the established meaning of folklife, this volume also deals with folklore in public life, in the mass media, in education and in politics.
Author : Andrew Hammond
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 39,35 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9789774160547
This volume explores Arab cultural life since World War II. Chapters cover topics such as radio/TV, the press, cinema, music, theatre, popular religion, belly dance, western consumerism, sport and the Arabic language.