A culture of desert survival: Bedouin proverbs from Sinai and the Negev

"For three thousand years the Bedouin people have conveyed the wisdom of their culture from one generation to the next by means of spoken proverbs. This anthology presents 1,350 of these proverbs, almost none of which have been heard outside the Bedouin world before. Clinton Bailey has collecte...

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Main Author: Bailey, Clinton (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Published: New Haven Yale Univ. Press 2004
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Summary:"For three thousand years the Bedouin people have conveyed the wisdom of their culture from one generation to the next by means of spoken proverbs. This anthology presents 1,350 of these proverbs, almost none of which have been heard outside the Bedouin world before. Clinton Bailey has collected Bedouin proverbs and documented the life and survival techniques of this hardy people during more than thirty years of fieldwork in the Negev and Sinai deserts. His is the only extensive written record of the rapidly disappearing Bedouin culture." "Bailey presents each proverb in Arabic and English, situates it within Bedouin culture, and explains how it relates to economic, psychological, or social survival. He also includes a glossary of Bedouin words and meanings. The anthology offers an unprecedented view of Bedouin life as well as numerous insights into the wider Arab world and the Arabic language."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Literaturverz. S. [470] - 472
Physical Description:XXI, 478 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0300098448

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