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Arab Folklore A Handbook

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ISBN-10: 0313333114

ISBN-13: 9780313333118

Edition: 2007

Authors: Dwight Reynolds

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The Arab world is constantly in the news, and students and general readers need to become familiar with Arab culture. Central to any society are the beliefs and customs held dear by the people. In examining Arab folklore, this book provides a fundamental understanding of the ways of the Arab world. In doing so, it helps readers appreciate Arab culture and gain insight into one of the world's most politically and economically important regions. Arab folklore is exotic to most students, and this volume begins by defining and classifying different folklore types. It then provides a wide range of examples and texts related to Arab folklore. It surveys the critical and scholarly response to Arab…    
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Book details

List price: $67.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 9/30/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Introduction
Who Are the Arabs?
Further Readings on Arab Culture and History
Definitions and Classifications
Examples and Texts
Verbal Arts
Musical Arts
Material Arts
Customs and Traditions
Further Readings on Arabic Oral Poetry
Further Readings about Arabic Folk Narratives
Further Readings on Arabic Proverbs
Further Readings on Conversational Genres
Further Readings on Arab Folk Music
Further Readings on Arab Material Folk Arts
Further Readings on Arab Folk Customs and Traditions
Scholarship and Approaches
The Historical-Geographic Method
Structuralism
Functionalism
Folklore in Context
Performance Studies
Oral Composition in Performance
Contemporary Approaches
Contexts
Orality in Early Arab Culture
From Oral to Written: Folklore in Medieval Arabic Literature
Folklore in Modern Arab Literature and Cinema
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