Bedouin Poetry as an Art of Memory. The Dialogue between the Present and the past in the Political Poetry of the Negev Bedouin
Bedouin poetry has yet to be explored in the context of memory studies, let alone the poetry of the Negev Bedouin. This article, based on a corpus of hundreds of poems documented between the mid-1940s and late-1980s, reviews excerpts from ten political verses composed by Negev Bedouin poets. These v...
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description | Bedouin poetry has yet to be explored in the context of memory studies, let alone the poetry of the Negev Bedouin. This article, based on a corpus of hundreds of poems documented between the mid-1940s and late-1980s, reviews excerpts from ten political verses composed by Negev Bedouin poets. These verses attest to the power of Bedouin poetry to evoke – at times in just a word or two – a wide range of meanings, a historical depth that may be submersed in a few expressions, and the ways in which these expressions activate memories of the past to communicate something of significance about the present. |
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spelling | doaj.art-5ac54c30fa7141e1857441b6a28b0d222024-03-13T14:56:31ZengThe White Horse PressNomadic Peoples0822-79421752-23662024-03-01281729410.3828/whpnp.63837646691044NP280105Bedouin Poetry as an Art of Memory. The Dialogue between the Present and the past in the Political Poetry of the Negev BedouinKobi Peled0Ben-Gurion University of the NegevBedouin poetry has yet to be explored in the context of memory studies, let alone the poetry of the Negev Bedouin. This article, based on a corpus of hundreds of poems documented between the mid-1940s and late-1980s, reviews excerpts from ten political verses composed by Negev Bedouin poets. These verses attest to the power of Bedouin poetry to evoke – at times in just a word or two – a wide range of meanings, a historical depth that may be submersed in a few expressions, and the ways in which these expressions activate memories of the past to communicate something of significance about the present.https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/whpnp.63837646691044bedouin poetrypolitical poetryart of memoryjewish–arab conflict1948 warnegev bedouin |
spellingShingle | Kobi Peled Bedouin Poetry as an Art of Memory. The Dialogue between the Present and the past in the Political Poetry of the Negev Bedouin Nomadic Peoples bedouin poetry political poetry art of memory jewish–arab conflict 1948 war negev bedouin |
title | Bedouin Poetry as an Art of Memory. The Dialogue between the Present and the past in the Political Poetry of the Negev Bedouin |
title_full | Bedouin Poetry as an Art of Memory. The Dialogue between the Present and the past in the Political Poetry of the Negev Bedouin |
title_fullStr | Bedouin Poetry as an Art of Memory. The Dialogue between the Present and the past in the Political Poetry of the Negev Bedouin |
title_full_unstemmed | Bedouin Poetry as an Art of Memory. The Dialogue between the Present and the past in the Political Poetry of the Negev Bedouin |
title_short | Bedouin Poetry as an Art of Memory. The Dialogue between the Present and the past in the Political Poetry of the Negev Bedouin |
title_sort | bedouin poetry as an art of memory the dialogue between the present and the past in the political poetry of the negev bedouin |
topic | bedouin poetry political poetry art of memory jewish–arab conflict 1948 war negev bedouin |
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