TY - BOOK ID - 2565168 TI - Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes : The Ethnography of Performance in an Arabic Oral Epic Tradition PY - 2018 VL - *3 SN - 0801431743 1501723235 1501723227 9781501723223 1501723219 PB - Cornell University Press DB - UniCat KW - Ethnology KW - Epic poetry, Arabic KW - Folklore KW - Oral tradition KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Anthropologie sociale et culturelle KW - Poésie épique arabe KW - Tradition orale KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - History and criticism KW - Histoire et critique KW - Sirat Bani Hilal. KW - Egypt KW - Egypte KW - Social life and customs. KW - Moeurs et coutumes KW - Poésie épique arabe KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - Sīrat Banī Hilāl. KW - History and criticism. KW - Performance. KW - Tradition, Oral KW - Oral communication KW - Oral history KW - Folk beliefs KW - Folk-lore KW - Traditions KW - Manners and customs KW - Material culture KW - Mythology KW - Storytelling KW - Arabic epic poetry KW - Arabic poetry KW - Sīrah al-Hilālīyah KW - Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah KW - Banī Hilāl epic KW - Hilal saga KW - Hilali epic KW - Bani Hilal (Egypt) KW - Epic poetry [Arabic ] KW - Performance (Music, theatre, etc.) KW - Social life and customs KW - Ethnology - Egypt - Banåi Hilåal. KW - Epic poetry, Arabic - Egypt - Banåi Hilåal. KW - Folklore - Egypt - Banåi Hilåal - Performance. KW - Oral tradition - Egypt - Banåi Hilåal. KW - Rites and ceremonies - Egypt - Banåi Hilåal. KW - Banåi Hilåal (Egypt) - Social life and customs. KW - Folklore, myths & legends UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2565168 AB - 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. ER -