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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Main Author: Kobi Peled
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The White Horse Press 2024-03-01
Series:Nomadic Peoples
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Online Access:https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/whpnp.63837646691044
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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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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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