Folk Traditions of the Arab World
Author: Hasan M. El-Shamy
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780253352224
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Hasan M. El-Shamy
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780253352224
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Hasan M. El-Shamy
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780253352118
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Hasan M. El-Shamy
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 1302
ISBN-13: 9780253344472
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The only demographically oriented tale-type index for folktales of the Arab world
Author: Jilali El Koudia
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2018-02-08
Total Pages: 197
ISBN-13: 0815654448
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Drawing on stories he heard as a boy from female relatives, Jilali El Koudia presents a cross section of utterly bewitching narratives. Filled with ghouls and fools, kind magic and wicked, eternal bonds and earthly wishes, these are mesmerizing stories to be savored, studied, or simply treasured. Varied genres include anecdotes, legends, and animal fables, and some tales bear strong resemblance to European counterparts, for example Aamar and his Sister (Hansel and Gretel) and Nunja and the White Dove (Cinderella). All capture the heart of Morroco and the soul of its people. In an enlightening introduction, El Koudia mourns the loss of the teller of tales in the marketplace, and he makes it clear that storytelling, born of memory and oral tradition, could vanish in the face of mass and electronic media.
Author: Lisa Urkevich
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-12-17
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1135628165
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Music and Traditions of the Arabian Peninsula provides a pioneering overview of folk and traditional urban music, along with dance and rituals, of Saudi Arabia and the Upper Gulf States of Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar. The nineteen chapters introduce variegated regions and subcultures and their rich and dynamic musical arts, many of which heretofore have been unknown beyond local communities. The book contains insightful descriptions of genres, instruments, poetry, and performance practices of the desert heartland (Najd), the Arabian/Persian Gulf shores, the great western cities including Makkah and Medinah, the southwestern mountains, and the hot Red Sea coast. Musical customs of distinctive groups such as Bedouin, seafarers, and regional women are explored. The book is packaged with an audio CD and almost 200 images including a full color photo essay, numerous music transcriptions, a glossary with over 400 specialized terms, and original Arabic script alongside key words to assist with further research. This book provides a much-needed introduction and organizational structure for the diverse and complex musical arts of the region.
Author: Dwight Reynolds
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2007-09-30
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides background on Arab culture; discusses and presents examples of Arab verbal, musical, and material arts as well as customs and traditions; presents approaches to Arab folklore scholarship; and includes several further reading lists.
Author: Dwight Reynolds
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2007-09-30
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides background on Arab culture; discusses and presents examples of Arab verbal, musical, and material arts as well as customs and traditions; presents approaches to Arab folklore scholarship; and includes several further reading lists.
Author: Dwight F. Reynolds
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-04-02
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0521898072
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An accessible and wide-ranging survey of modern Arab culture covering political, intellectual and social aspects.
Author: Sayyid Hamid Hurriez
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-12-16
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1136849149
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A unique description and analysis of the domains and genres of UAE folklore, including folk customs and beliefs, traditional arts and crafts, folk dances, folk narratives and proverbs. Challenging the established meaning of folklife, this volume also deals with folklore in public life, in the mass media, in education and in politics.
Author: Thomas Burkhalter
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2013-11-13
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0819573876
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first in-depth study of diverse and radical innovation in Arab music From jazz trumpeters drawing on the noises of warfare in Beirut to female heavy metallers in Alexandria, the Arab culture offers a wealth of exciting, challenging, and diverse musics. The essays in this collection investigate the plethora of compositional and improvisational techniques, performance styles, political motivations, professional trainings, and inter-continental collaborations that claim the mantle of "innovation" within Arab and Arab diaspora music. While most books on Middle Eastern music-making focus on notions of tradition and regionally specific genres, The Arab Avant Garde presents a radically hybrid and globally dialectic set of practices. Engaging the "avant-garde"—a term with Eurocentric resonances—this anthology disturbs that presumed exclusivity, drawing on and challenging a growing body of literature about alternative modernities. Chapters delve into genres and modes as diverse as jazz, musical theatre, improvisation, hip hop, and heavy metal as performed in countries like Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and the United States. Focusing on multiple ways in which the "Arab avant-garde" becomes manifest, this anthology brings together international writers with eclectic disciplinary trainings—practicing musicians, area studies specialists, ethnomusicologists, and scholars of popular culture and media. Contributors include Sami W. Asmar, Michael Khoury, Saed Muhssin, Marina Peterson, Kamran Rastegar, Caroline Rooney, and Shayna Silverstein, as well as the editors.