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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Abu-Lughod, Lila
Title:
Shifting politics in Bedouin love poetry
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Language and the politics of emotion, edited by Catherine
Lutz and Lila Abu-Lughod
Published By: Original publisher
Language and the politics of emotion, edited by Catherine
Lutz and Lila Abu-Lughod
Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. 1990.
24-45 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Lila Abu-Lughod
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 1999. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Libyan Bedouin (MT09)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact (177);
Verbal arts (5310);
Age stratification (561);
Gender status (562);
Ingroup antagonisms (578);
Kin relationships (602);
Sexuality (831);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Abu-Lughod critiques studies that treat
emotions as sui generis and dissociated from their social context, by showing how Bedouin
love poetry has changed with changes in the political economy. Love poetry has been a
legitimate form of emotional expression in contrast to the stoicism of everyday discourse
which is constrained by a code of honor. Furthermore it is an expression of romantic love
and freedom by youth and women in defiance of an overbearing patriarchal culture with its
emphasis on agnatic ties. With the settlement of the Bedouin and the state's imposition of
individual property rights, the power of tribal elders has increased. By 1985, it was
mostly young men who sang and listened to poetry as a form of rebellion against their
elders. According to Abu-Lughod, love poetry has always had a politcal context, challenging
the authority of the patriarchal system, and giving expression to a coexistent egalitarian
ethic.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
11
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
mt09-011
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1978-1987
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Ian Skoggard ; 1998
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1985
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Western Desert, Egypt
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bedouins
