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Arab Folklore - A Handbook

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Dwight F. Reynolds is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His previous books include Interpreting the Self: Autobiography in the Arabic Literary Tradition (2001), and Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes: The Ethnography of Performance in an Arabic Oral Epic Tradition (1995). Klappentext The Arab world is constantly in the news. This book gives students and general readers an introduction to Arab culture by surveying the folklore of the region. The volume defines and classifies different types of folklore and provides a wide range of examples and texts. It looks at the critical and scholarly response to Arab folklore and the place of Arab folklore in contemporary culture. Included are references to numerous print and electronic works for further reading. The Arab world is constantly in the news, and students and general readers need to become familiar with Arab culture. Central to any society are the beliefs and customs held dear by the people. In examining Arab folklore, this book provides a fundamental understanding of the ways of the Arab world. In doing so, it helps readers appreciate Arab culture and gain insight into one of the world's most politically and economically important regions. Arab folklore is exotic to most students, and this volume begins by defining and classifying different folklore types. It then provides a wide range of examples and texts related to Arab folklore. It surveys the critical and scholarly response to Arab folklore and discusses the importance of Arab folklore to popular culture. The volume closes with a bibliography of print and electronic sources for further reading.

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Authors Dwight Reynolds, Dwight F. Reynolds, Dwight Fletcher Reynolds, Reynolds Dwight
Publisher Abc Clio Press
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation ages 7 to 17
Product format Hardback
Released 30.09.2007
 
EAN 9780313333118
ISBN 978-0-313-33311-8
No. of pages 258
Dimensions 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
Series Greenwood Folklore Handbooks
Greenwood Folklore Handbooks
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Folklore, myths & legends, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Geography and World Cultures: Folklore

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