Folklore and Folklife in the United Arab Emirates

Sayyid Hamid Hurriez (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2011
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-61639-3 (ISBN)

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A unique description and analysis of folklore in the United Arab Emirates, including folk customs and beliefs, traditional arts and crafts, folk dances, folk narratives and proverbs.

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.

Hurriez, Sayyid Hamid

Introduction; Chapter 1 The United Arab Emirates; Chapter 2 The State of Folklore Studies and Research in the UAE; Chapter 3 Folklore in Private and Public Life; Chapter 4 Folklore and the State; Chapter 5 Folk Literature; Chapter 6 Folk Customs and Beliefs; Chapter 7 Folk Medicine; Chapter 8 Performing Folk Arts; Chapter 9 Material Culture; conclusion Conclusion;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.2.2011
Reihe/Serie	Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-415-61639-5 / 0415616395
ISBN-13	978-0-415-61639-3 / 9780415616393
Zustand	Neuware