The Graying of the Raven
Subtitle: Cultural & Sociopolitical Significance of Algerian Folk Poetry
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: December 2001
Language: eng; ara
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9789774246678
Subjects: African studies; Folk music; Poetry & poets: from c 1900 -; Social & cultural anthropology; African; Arabic; Poetry; Algeria; Literary Criticism & Collections / Middle Eastern; Middle Eastern
First sentence: If the practice of composing folk literature, especially proverbs and poems, is connected to any branch of the social sciences, its strongest links appear to be with psychology and psychotherapy.