Literature and Violence in North Arabia: Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems
Autor Michael E. Meekeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 feb 1979
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780521293990
ISBN-10: 0521293995
Pagini: 292
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0521293995
Pagini: 292
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Preface; Part I. The Epoch of Near-Eastern Pastoral Nomadism in Arabia: 1. The ethnography of Near-Eastern tribal societies; 2. The personal voice and the uncertainty of relationships; 3. The composition of the voice and the popular investment in political adventures; Part II. The Narratives of Raiding and Warfare: 4. Cautious and sensible chiefs and the strategic use of aggressive resources; 5. Political authority, the metaphor of scriptural signification and the metaphor of a domestic covering; 6. Rwala monotheism and the wish for authority; Part III. The Poems of Raiding and Warfare: 7. Heroic skills and beastly energies; 8. Poetic structure and the pressure of heroic interests; 9. Shadows and echoes of the priority of the concrete; Part IV. Segmentary Politics and the Cult of Saints in North Africa: 10. The forms of segmentary politics and their relative absence among the North Arabian Bedouins; 11. Political wildness and religious domesticity among the Cyrenaican Bedouins; 12. Narratives of the mystical power of saints in Morocco; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Descriere
An exploration of the intersection between art and life among the Bedouins and its implications for Orientalists.