"Peaks of Yemen I Summon" Poetry As Cultural Practice in a North Yemeni Tribe

ISBN-10: 0520082613

ISBN-13: 9780520082618

Edition: 1st 1991

Authors: Steven C. Caton

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In this first full-scale ethnographic study of Yemeni tribal poetry, Steven Caton reveals an astonishingly rich folkloric system where poetry is both a creation of art and a political and social act. Almost always spoken or chanted, Yemeni tribal poetry is cast in an idiom considered colloquial and "ungrammatical," yet admired for its wit and spontaneity. In Yemeni society, the poet has power over people. By eloquence the poet can stir or, if his poetic talents are truly outstanding, motivate an audience to do his bidding. Yemeni tribesmen think, in fact, that poetry's transformative effect is too essentialnotto use for pressing public issues. Drawing on his three years of field research in…

Book details

List price: $33.95
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/24/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.54" wide x 8.98" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English