Poetry and politics in contemporary Bedouin society / Clive Holes and Said Salman Abu Athera.
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TextLanguage: English, Arabic Original language: Arabic Publisher: Reading, UK : Ithaca Press, c2009Description: xv, 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780863723384; 0863723381Subject(s): Political poetry -- Arabian Peninsula -- History and criticism | Folk poetry, Arabic -- Arabian Peninsula -- History and criticism | Arabic poetry -- Arabian Peninsula -- History and criticism | Political poetry, Arabic -- History and criticismDDC classification: 892.7109 LOC classification: PJ7542.N23 | H65 2009Summary: "This book shows how colloquial Bedouin poetry remains a vibrant art that has manifold modern functions: commenting on world affairs (such as the Arab-Israeli wars, the Gulf War, the American invasion of Iraq); criticising the domestic policies of Arab states; highlighting poverty, discrimination, the corrupt practices of officialdom, and compliant local media." "Each of the forty-one poems presented within the book is transliterated and translated into English verse, with historical and contextual annotation. The tone is sometimes bitter, sometimes satirical, sometimes scurrilous, and often amusing. The poems are prefaced by an essay on the practice of modern Bedouin poetry." "The book is completed by appendices containing the Arabic script versions of the poems, extensive language notes, and a glossary of the vocabulary."--BOOK JACKET.
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Selected poems in English and Arabic with Arabic script version included.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-348) and index.
"This book shows how colloquial Bedouin poetry remains a vibrant art that has manifold modern functions: commenting on world affairs (such as the Arab-Israeli wars, the Gulf War, the American invasion of Iraq); criticising the domestic policies of Arab states; highlighting poverty, discrimination, the corrupt practices of officialdom, and compliant local media." "Each of the forty-one poems presented within the book is transliterated and translated into English verse, with historical and contextual annotation. The tone is sometimes bitter, sometimes satirical, sometimes scurrilous, and often amusing. The poems are prefaced by an essay on the practice of modern Bedouin poetry." "The book is completed by appendices containing the Arabic script versions of the poems, extensive language notes, and a glossary of the vocabulary."--BOOK JACKET.
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