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The Yezidi oral tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan

Title
The Yezidi oral tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan / Christine Allison.
Author
Allison, Christine, 1964-
Publication
Richmond, Surrey [England] : Curzon, 2001.

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Description
xv, 313 pages : maps; 25 cm
Summary
"At a time when studies of Kurdish nation-building are developing, this book is the first to consider Kurdish oral traditions within their social context and explain their relevance for a large Kurdish community. It is the first western scholarly work to allow the Yezidis to describe themselves in their own words, and to interpret these descriptions. Many of the oral traditions in the book are previously unpublished, and may well die out in the next decade."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Yezidis > Kurdistan
  • Yezidis > Iraq
  • Oral tradition > Kurdistan
  • Oral tradition > Iraq
  • Yézidis > Kurdistān
  • Yézidis > Irak
  • Tradition orale > Kurdistān
  • Tradition orale > Irak
  • 73.00 ethnology: general
  • 11.83 movements within Islam
  • Oral tradition
  • Yezidis
  • Jesiden
  • Mündliche Überlieferung
  • Identiteit
  • Soefisme
  • Religieuze symboliek
  • Sociale attituden
  • Volkscultuur
  • Yézidisme > Irak > Kurdistan
  • Littérature populaire
  • Iraq
  • Middle East > Kurdistan
  • Irak
  • Kurdistan
  • Irak
  • Koerdistan
  • Mesopotamië
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-303) and index.
Language (note)
  • English; some texts in Kurdish with English translations.
Contents
Map 1. Areas inhabited by Kurds -- Map 2. Yezidi communities in Northern Iraq: Badinan and Sinjar -- 1. Interpreting Yezidi Oral Tradition: Orality in Kurmanji and Fieldwork in Kurdistan -- 2. The Yezidis of Northern Iraq and the People of the Book -- 3. Chronological and Generic Frameworks in Yezidi Oral Tradition -- 4. Battles, Heroes and Villains: Portrayals of Conflict -- 5. Representations of Romantic Love -- 6. Death, Loss and Lamentation in Yezidi Verbal Art -- 7. Conclusions -- Kurdish Texts and Translations. Sect. A. Stories and Songs of Battle. Sect. B. Stories and Songs of Love. Sect. C. Songs of Grief and Lamentation.
ISBN
  • 0700713972
  • 9780700713974
OCLC
  • ocm45337769
  • 45337769
  • SCSB-1237392
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library