Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel
eBook - ePub

Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel

  1. 562 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel

About this book

Galilee has been a crossroads of cultures, religions, and languages for centuries, as illustrated in these fascinating Bedouin folktales, which offer excellent examples of the Arabic narrative tradition of the Middle East.

Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel collects nearly 60 traditional folktales, told mostly by women, that have been carefully translated in the same colloquial style in which they were told. These stories are grouped into themes of love and devotion, ghouls and demons, and animal stories. The work also includes phonetic transcription and linguistic annotation. Accompanying each folktale is a comprehensive ethnographic, folkloristic, and linguistic commentary, placing the tales in context with details on Galilee Bedouin dialects and the tribes themselves.

A rich, multifaceted collection, Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel is an invaluable resource for linguists, folklorists, anthropologists, and any reader interested in a tradition of storytelling handed down through the centuries.

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Yes, you can access Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel by Yoel Shalom Perez,Judith Rosenhouse in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Linguistics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Transcription and Abbreviations
  7. Part I • Stories of Love, Loyalty, and Devotion
  8. Part II • Stories about Ġūls and Demons
  9. Part III • Animal Stories
  10. Epilogue
  11. Bedouin Dialects in the North of Israel / Judith Rosenhouse
  12. Bedouin Tribes in the Galilee: Historical and Settlement Background / Arnon Medzini
  13. Maps
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index of Tale Types
  16. Index of Motifs
  17. Narrators List
  18. Subject and Name Index
  19. About the Authors