Research Catalog

Title

The graying of the raven : cultural and sociopolitical significance of Algerian folk poetry / Aida Adib Bamia.

Author

Bamia, Aida A. (Aida Adib)

Publication

Cairo ; New York : American University of Cairo Press, 2001.

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Details

Description

x, 141 pages : map; 24 cm

Subject

• Folk poetry, Arabic > Algeria > History and criticism
• Dialect poetry, Arabic > Algeria > History and criticism
• 18.74 modern Arabic literature
• Dialect poetry, Arabic
• Folk poetry, Arabic
• Volkslyrik
• Volkscultuur
• Volksdichtkunst
• Algeria
• Algerien

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Poems (texts)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-135) and index.

Contents

1. The Power of Folk-Poetry -- Poetry as Messenger -- Historical Overview -- Folk Poetry as an Expression of National Identity -- Folk Poetry as History -- Folk Traditions and War -- Folkore and French Colonialism -- 2. The History of the Malhun -- Algerian Malhun: An Overview -- The Malhun: Memory of the People -- Poetic Folk Genres -- Themes of Algerian Folk Poetry -- The Setif Massacres: A Turning Point in Algeria's History -- Colonized Mentalities -- 3. Muhammad bin al-Tayyib 'Alili: A Man for All Seasons -- The Man -- An Atypical Peasant -- The Poet's Period -- 4. 'Alili's Repertoire -- The Poet -- The Poems of Strength -- The Trials of Tulba and Marabouts -- Arab Versus Berber -- The Kabyle Myth -- The Poems of Weakness -- The Hoe -- Rice -- Burning Fever in Bu Halwan -- Untitled Poem -- Sleeping in 'Afrun -- Drought.

ISBN

• 9774246675
• 9789774246678

LCCN

2002360907

OCLC

• ocm48984847
• 48984847
• SCSB-1254285

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library