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Peaks of Yemen I Summon Poetry As Cultural Practice in a North Yemeni Tribe
Author: Steven C. Caton
In this first full-scale ethnographic study of Yemeni tribal poetry, Steven Caton reveals an astonishingly rich folkloric system where poetry is both a creation of art and a political and social act. Almost always spoken or chanted, Yemeni tribal poetry is cast in an idiom considered colloquial and "ungrammatical," yet admired for its wi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520082618
ISBN-10: 0520082613
Publication Date: 5/24/1993
Pages: 330
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
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