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Publication details [#24841]

Caton, Steven C. 1991. 'Peaks of Yemen I summon': Poetry as cultural practice in a North Yemeni tribe. University of California Press. xv + 351 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
language and culture | oral poetry

Annotation

This book deals with oral poetry as a constitutive social practice in Yemeni tribal culture.

Reviewed by

Reynolds, Dwight F. 1992. Review of S.C.Caton (1991: 'Peaks of Yemen I summon': Poetry as cultural practice in a North Yemeni tribe').