Reynolds, Dwight Fletcher, 1956-
Arab folklore : a handbook / Dwight F. Reynolds. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007. - xiv, 258 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. - Greenwood folklore handbooks, 1549-733X . - Greenwood folklore handbooks. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index.
A brief history-- Religion in ancient Arabia -- The advent of Islam -- The Arabization of the Middle East -- Geography -- Colonialism and its aftermath -- Pronunciation guide -- Further readings on Arab culture and history -- Definitions and classifications -- Examples and texts -- Verbal arts -- Oral poetry -- The history of Arabic oral poetry -- Oral poetry in tribal contexts -- Yemen : the practice of poetry in everyday life -- Egypt : poetry and honor among Bedouin women -- Jordan and Saudi Arabia : poetry as oral history -- Rural and urban traditions of oral poetry -- Egypt : proverbial wisdom in intricate rhymes -- Algeria : love and romance in women's poetry -- Oral epic poetry : the epic of the Banī Hilāl -- Popular ballads of Egypt : tales of honor, murder, love, and scandal -- Muslim and Christian religious ballads of Egypt -- Arabic folk narrative -- The Thousand and One Nights -- Folk narratives from oral traditions -- Palestine : female heroines in women's folktales -- Morocco : Jewish Arab tales -- Syria : Christian and Muslim tales from Aleppo -- Tunisia : oral history, personal narrative, and legend -- Egypt : personal narratives in context. Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction : Who are the Arabs? -- 2. 3. Conversational genres : proverbs, riddles, jokes, and curses -- Proverbs from the Bedouin of the Negev and Sinai Deserts -- Maternal relatives -- Hospitality -- Proverbs from a Druze village in Lebanon -- Riddles from the United Arab Emirates -- Jokes : pan-Middle Eastern versus regional -- Juhā, Gohā, and Nasruddīn : a pan-Middle Eastern joke tradition -- Political jokes in modern Egypt -- Curses and insults from Iraq -- Forms of address in Egyptian colloquial Arabic -- Greetings and salutations : the fine art of saying hello -- Musical arts -- Introduction to Arab music : four basic concepts -- Folk musical instruments of the Arab world -- Chordophones (string instruments) -- Lutes -- Fiddles -- Lyres -- Aerophones (wind instruments) -- Flutes -- Oboes -- Double clarinets -- Membranophones and idiophones (percussion instruments) -- Drums -- Tambourines -- Port Said, Egypt : the birth of a folk music tradition -- Oman : crossroads of cultures -- Musical song and dance genres of Oman : an overview -- Two genres in detail : the Razha and the Lēwa -- Sufi ritual and religious chant -- Arabic lullabies from Tunisia, Kuwait, Yemen, and Iraq. Material arts -- Vernacular architecture : Arab houses and domestic space -- Skyscrapers of brick and stone in Sanʻa (Yemen) -- Reed homes and guesthouses among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq -- Pilgrimage paintings from Egypt -- Stages of the pilgrimage -- The Haji paintings -- Scents, flavors, and textures : women's arts of the United Arab Emirates -- Customs and traditions -- A unique Ramadān tradition : the "brides" of al-Bakātūsh -- Zār rituals from northern Sudan -- Marriage and metaphor : an Egyptian village wedding song -- Saints, shrines, and pilgrimages : shared religious practices -- 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 -- 4. 5. Glossary -- Bibliography -- Web resources -- Index.
9780313333118 (alk. paper) 0313333114 (alk. paper)
2007026931
Arabs--Folklore.
GR268.A73 / R49 2007
398.208992/7
Arab folklore : a handbook / Dwight F. Reynolds. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007. - xiv, 258 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. - Greenwood folklore handbooks, 1549-733X . - Greenwood folklore handbooks. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index.
A brief history-- Religion in ancient Arabia -- The advent of Islam -- The Arabization of the Middle East -- Geography -- Colonialism and its aftermath -- Pronunciation guide -- Further readings on Arab culture and history -- Definitions and classifications -- Examples and texts -- Verbal arts -- Oral poetry -- The history of Arabic oral poetry -- Oral poetry in tribal contexts -- Yemen : the practice of poetry in everyday life -- Egypt : poetry and honor among Bedouin women -- Jordan and Saudi Arabia : poetry as oral history -- Rural and urban traditions of oral poetry -- Egypt : proverbial wisdom in intricate rhymes -- Algeria : love and romance in women's poetry -- Oral epic poetry : the epic of the Banī Hilāl -- Popular ballads of Egypt : tales of honor, murder, love, and scandal -- Muslim and Christian religious ballads of Egypt -- Arabic folk narrative -- The Thousand and One Nights -- Folk narratives from oral traditions -- Palestine : female heroines in women's folktales -- Morocco : Jewish Arab tales -- Syria : Christian and Muslim tales from Aleppo -- Tunisia : oral history, personal narrative, and legend -- Egypt : personal narratives in context. Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction : Who are the Arabs? -- 2. 3. Conversational genres : proverbs, riddles, jokes, and curses -- Proverbs from the Bedouin of the Negev and Sinai Deserts -- Maternal relatives -- Hospitality -- Proverbs from a Druze village in Lebanon -- Riddles from the United Arab Emirates -- Jokes : pan-Middle Eastern versus regional -- Juhā, Gohā, and Nasruddīn : a pan-Middle Eastern joke tradition -- Political jokes in modern Egypt -- Curses and insults from Iraq -- Forms of address in Egyptian colloquial Arabic -- Greetings and salutations : the fine art of saying hello -- Musical arts -- Introduction to Arab music : four basic concepts -- Folk musical instruments of the Arab world -- Chordophones (string instruments) -- Lutes -- Fiddles -- Lyres -- Aerophones (wind instruments) -- Flutes -- Oboes -- Double clarinets -- Membranophones and idiophones (percussion instruments) -- Drums -- Tambourines -- Port Said, Egypt : the birth of a folk music tradition -- Oman : crossroads of cultures -- Musical song and dance genres of Oman : an overview -- Two genres in detail : the Razha and the Lēwa -- Sufi ritual and religious chant -- Arabic lullabies from Tunisia, Kuwait, Yemen, and Iraq. Material arts -- Vernacular architecture : Arab houses and domestic space -- Skyscrapers of brick and stone in Sanʻa (Yemen) -- Reed homes and guesthouses among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq -- Pilgrimage paintings from Egypt -- Stages of the pilgrimage -- The Haji paintings -- Scents, flavors, and textures : women's arts of the United Arab Emirates -- Customs and traditions -- A unique Ramadān tradition : the "brides" of al-Bakātūsh -- Zār rituals from northern Sudan -- Marriage and metaphor : an Egyptian village wedding song -- Saints, shrines, and pilgrimages : shared religious practices -- 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 -- 4. 5. Glossary -- Bibliography -- Web resources -- Index.
9780313333118 (alk. paper) 0313333114 (alk. paper)
2007026931
Arabs--Folklore.
GR268.A73 / R49 2007
398.208992/7