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Arab Folktales from Palestine and Israel (Jewish Folklore & Anthropology)

by Raphael Patai

ISBN13: 9780814327104
ISBN10: 0814327109
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In Arab Folktales from Palestine and lsrael, a collection of twenty-eight tales gathered in Palestine and Israel and one of Patai's last books, Patai explores this rich cultural tradition. He studies tales from three separate times: those recorded by a German scholar in 1910-11, those read over Jerusalem Radio in the winter of 1946-47, and those recorded by the Israeli scholar Yoel Perez in 1982-84.<P>Providing insight into Arab culture, Patai offers extensive notes and commentary on particular Arabic phrases and images, as well as the ways of speaking and thinking found among the Arab population, especially the Bedouins, in Palestine and lsrael. Patai also places the stories in the context of global folktales, and traces the transformations in the art of storytelling.

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ISBN:: 9780814327104
Introduction:: Patai, Raphael
Translator:: Patai, Ralphael
Translator:: Patai, Ralphael
Translator:: Patai, Raphael
Introduction by:: Patai, Raphael
Introduction:: Patai, Raphael
Author:: Patai, Raphael
Translator:: Patai, Raphael
Publisher:: Wayne State University Press
Location:: Detroit :
Subject:: Middle East
Subject:: Folklore
Subject:: Folklore & Mythology - Folklore
Subject:: Middle East - General
Subject:: Tales
Subject:: Folk-lore, arab
Subject:: Tales -- Israel.
Subject:: Arabs -- Palestine -- Folklore.
Subject:: Palestinian arabs
Subject:: Palestinian Arabs -- Israel.
Subject:: Tales -- Palestine.
Subject:: Mythology-Folklore and Storytelling
Series:: Jewish Folklore & Anthropology
Publication Date:: 19980331
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 298
Dimensions:: 9.07x6.01x.83 in. 1.04 lbs.

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