| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Series |
Library of Modern Middle East Studies |
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Library of modern Middle East studies.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Note on Transliterations; Introduction; 1. Reading the Nomadic Voices; 2. Melancholic Desire; 3. A Malady of Grief; 4. Masquerading Tropes: The Fiction of Face and Voice; 5. Technology and Postcoloniality Algeria and Arabia; 6. The Translatability of the Nomadic; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The Bedouin, or 'desert dwellers', have a rich cultural heritage often expressed through music and poetry. Here, Moneera Al-Ghadeer provides us with the first comparative reading of women's oral poetry from Saudi Arabia. She examines women's lyrics of love, desire, mourning and grievance. We come to understand Bedouin mores and - most significantly - the unique description of a desert that is consistently held to be infinite, evocative, stimulating and an eternal freedom. As the first English translation and analysis of this poetry, "Desert Voices" is both a gesture to preserving the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the Arabic |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Dialect poetry, Arabic -- Saudi Arabia -- Women authors
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Dialect poetry, Arabic -- Saudi Arabia -- History and criticism
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Dialect poetry, Arabic -- Saudi Arabia -- Translations into English
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Oral tradition -- Saudi Arabia
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Bedouins -- Poetry
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Women, Bedouin -- Saudi Arabia
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Bedouins
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Dialect poetry, Arabic
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Oral tradition
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Women, Bedouin
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Saudi Arabia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Poetry
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Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780857711960 |
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0857711962 |
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6000019246 |
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9786000019242 |
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