Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes: The Ethnography of Performance in an Arabic Oral Epic Tradition/ (Record no. 6392)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 6392 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 260202s9999 xx 000 0 und d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780801431746 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes: The Ethnography of Performance in an Arabic Oral Epic Tradition/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Dwight F. Reynolds |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Cornell University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1995 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 128p; |
| Dimensions | 23x15cm |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Myth and Poetics |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | An astonishingly rich oral epic that chronicles the early history of a Bedouin tribe, the Sirat Bani Hilal has been performed for almost a thousand years. In this ethnography of a contemporary community of professional poet-singers, Dwight F. Reynolds reveals how the epic tradition continues to provide a context for social interaction and commentary. Reynolds's account is based on performances in the northern Egyptian village in which he studied as an apprentice to a master epic-singer. Reynolds explains in detail the narrative structure of the Sirat Bani Hilal as well as the tradition of epic singing. He sees both living epic poets and fictional epic heroes as figures engaged in an ongoing dialogue with audiences concerning such vital issues as ethnicity, religious orientation, codes of behavior, gender roles, and social hierarchies. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 648 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM | |
| Chronological term | 1300 |
| 9 (RLIN) | 9162 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Epic |
| -- | Poetry |
| -- | Music |
| 9 (RLIN) | 9163 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Folklore |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Sirat Bani Hilal |
| -- | Bedouins |
| 9 (RLIN) | 9165 |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Egypt |
| -- | Najd |
| -- | Algeria |
| 9 (RLIN) | 9166 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Geography. Anthropology. Recreation. | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | PN1010-1525 10.1 | 6392 | 02/02/2026 | 02/02/2026 | Book |