Speak, bird, speak again : Palestinian Arab folktales / Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana, with a new foreword by Ibtisam Barakat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muhawi, Ibrahim, 1937- author.

Kanāʻnah, Sharīf, author.

Contributor:

Barakat, Ibtisam, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tales--Palestine.

Tales.

Palestinian Arabs--Folklore.

Palestinian Arabs.

Folk literature, Arabic--Palestine--Translations into English.

Folk literature, Arabic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]

Summary:

By combining their expertise in English literature and anthropology, Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana bring to these folktales an integral method of study that unites a sensitivity to language with a deep appreciation for culture. As native Palestinians, the authors are well suited to their task. Over the course of several years, they collected tales from the regions of the Galilee, Gaza, and the West Bank, determining which were the most widely known and appreciated and selecting the ones that best represent the Palestinian Arab folk narrative tradition. Great care has been taken with the translations to maintain the original flavor, humor, and cultural nuances in tales that are at once earthy and whimsical and that also parallel stories found in the larger Arab folk tradition. Featuring a new foreword by Ibtisam Barakat, Speak, Bird, Speak Again is an essential text in Palestinian culture and a must for those who want to deepen their understanding of an enduring people.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

New Foreword by Ibtisam Barakat

Foreword from 1989 by Alan Dundes

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration

Key to References

Introduction

The Tales

Notes on Presentation and Translation

Group I Individuals

Children and Parents

1. Ṭunjur, Ṭunjur

2. The Woman Who Married Her Son

3. Precious One and Worn-out One

4. Šwēš, Šwēš!

5. The Golden Pail

Afterword

Siblings

6. Half-a-Halfling

7. The Orphans' Cow

8. Sumac! You Son of a Whore, Sumac!

9. The Green Bird

10. Little Nightingale the Crier

Sexual Awakening and Courtship

11. The Little Bird

12. Jummēz Bin Yāzūr, Chief of the Birds

13. Jbēne

14. Sackcloth

15. Šāhīn

The Quest for the Spouse

16. The Brave Lad

17. Gazelle

18. Lōlabe

Group II Family

Brides and Bridegrooms

19. The Old Woman Ghouleh

20. Lady Tatar

21. Šōqak Bōqak!

22. Clever Ḥasan

23. The Cricket

Husbands and Wives

24. The Seven Leavenings

25. The Golden Rod in the Valley of Vermilion

26. Minjal

27. Im ʿĒše

Family Life

28. Chick Eggs

29. The Ghouleh of Trans-Jordan

30. Bear-Cub of the Kitchen

31. The Woman Whose Hands Were Cut Off

32. Nʿayyis (Little Sleepy One)

Group III Society

33. Im ʿAwwād and the Ghouleh

34. The Merchant's Daughter

35. Pomegranate Seeds

36. The Woodcutter

37. The Fisherman

Group IV Environment

38. The Little She-Goat

39. The Old Woman and Her Cat

40. Dunglet

41. The Louse

Group V Universe

42. The Woman Who Fell into the Well

43. The Rich Man and the Poor Man

44. Maʿrūf the Shoemaker

45. Im ʿAlī and Abū ʿAlī

Folkloristic Analysis.

Appendix A: Transliteration of Tale 10

Appendix B: Index of Folk Motifs

Appendix C: List of Tales by Type

Selected Bibliography

Footnote Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520385856

0520385853

OCLC:

1281969738