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The graying of the raven : cultural and sociopolitical significance of Algerian folk poetry
- 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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Book/Text | Use in library | PJ8270 .B36 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 141 pages : map; 24 cm
- Subject
- 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