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The graying of the raven : cultural and sociopolitical significance of Algerian folk poetry /
From East to WestThe raven has turned grayO Reader of the unknownHelp us in our ordeal!With a fine touch, Aida Bamia has explored the work of Muhammad bin al-Tayyib 'Alili (c.1894-c.1954), a hitherto virtually unknown oral poet of Algeria, bringing to her analysis new understanding of folk poet...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
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Cairo ; New York :
American University of Cairo Press,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | From East to WestThe raven has turned grayO Reader of the unknownHelp us in our ordeal!With a fine touch, Aida Bamia has explored the work of Muhammad bin al-Tayyib 'Alili (c.1894-c.1954), a hitherto virtually unknown oral poet of Algeria, bringing to her analysis new understanding of folk poetry as part of a people's collective memory and their resistance to colonization. For 'Alili's audience the despair and suffering faced by poor farmers before independence is embodied by the raven, grown old and gray with ceaseless frustration and humiliation. Because of its oral-and all too often ephemer. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 141 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-135) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1417522984 9781417522989 9781617971945 1617971944 |
| Acceso: | Legal Deposit; |