La bibliothèque numérique kurde (BNK)
Retour au resultats
Imprimer cette page

The Yezidi oral tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan


Auteur :
Éditeur : Curzon Date & Lieu : , Padstow - Britain
Préface : Pages : 314
Traduction : ISBN : 0-7007-1397-2
Langue : AnglaisFormat : 150x230 mm
Code FIKP : Liv. Ang. 1811Thème : Sociologie

Présentation
Table des Matières Introduction Identité PDF
The Yezidi oral tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan

The Yezidi oral tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan

Christine Allison

Curzon

Christine Allison held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of the Near and Middle East, SOAS, University of London, and now teaches Kurdish at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris.



The Yezidi oral tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan

At a time when studies of Kurdish nation-building are developing, this book is the first to consider Kurdish oral traditions within their social context and explain their relevance for a large Kurdish community. It is the first western scholarly work to allow the Yezidis to describe themselves in their own words, and to interpret these descriptions. Many of the oral traditions in the book are previously unpublished, and may well die out in the next decade.

The Yezidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority, neither Muslim, Christian nor Jewish. Their ethnicity
has been disputed but most now claim Kurdish identity. Their heartland, including their holiest shrine, is in the Badinan province of Northern Iraq, and it is the communities in this area which are the main focus of this book. Their highly eclectic religion appears to contain many elements of `the religions of the book', especially Sufism, upon a foundation of ancient Iranian belief and practice.


Table des Matières


Contents

Preface / ix
Acknowledgements / xiii
Abbreviations / xv
Map 1: Areas inhabited by Kurds / xvii
Map 2: Yezidi communities in Northern Iraq: Badinan and Sinjar / xviii

Part I
1 Interpreting Yezidi Oral Tradition: Orality in Kurmanji and Fieldwork in Kurdistan / 3
2 The Yezidis of Northern Iraq and the People of the Book / 26
3 Chronological and Generic Frameworks in Yezidi Oral Tradition / 53
4 Battles, Heroes and Villains: Portrayals of Conflict / 86
5 Representations of Romantic Love / 135
6 Death, Loss and Lamentation in Yezidi Verbal Art / 167
7 Conclusions / 200

Part II: Kurdish Texts and Translations
Introduction / 213
Section A: Stories and Songs of Battle / 215
Section B: Stories and Songs of Love / 259
Section C: Songs of Grief and Lamentation / 273
Notes to Chapters 1-6 / 281

Appendix: Informants and Performers / 292
Bibliography / 297
Index / 304.




Fondation-Institut kurde de Paris © 2024
BIBLIOTHEQUE
Informations pratiques
Informations légales
PROJET
Historique
Partenaires
LISTE
Thèmes
Auteurs
Éditeurs
Langues
Revues