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Judeo-Arabic Literature in Tunisia, 1850-1950 (Hardcover)
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Judeo-Arabic Literature in Tunisia, 1850-1950 (Hardcover)
Series: Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
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As a result of the introduction of the printing press in the
mid-nineteenth century and the proximity of European culture,
language, and literature after the French occupation in 1881,
Judeo-Arabic literature flourished in Tunisia until the middle of
the twentieth century. As the most spoken language in the country,
vernacular Judeo-Arabic allowed ideas from the Jewish Enlightenment
in Europe (the Haskalah) to spread widely and also offered
legitimacy to the surrounding Arab culture. In this volume, authors
Yosef and Tsivia Tobi present works of Judeo-Arabic Tunisian
literature that have been previously unstudied and unavailable in
translation. In nine chapters, the authors present a number of
works that were both originals and translations, divided by genre.
Beginning each with a brief introduction to the material, they
present translations of piyyutim (liturgical poems), malzumat
(satirical ballads), qinot (laments), ghnayat (songs), essays on
ideology and propaganda, drama and the theater, ikayat and deeds of
righteous men (fiction), and Daniel Hagege's Circulation of
Tunisian Judeo-Arabic Books, an important early critical work. A
comprehensive introduction details the flowering of Judeo-Arabic
literature in North Africa and appendixes of Judeo-Arabic journals,
other periodicals, and books complete this volume. Ultimately, the
authors reveal the effect of Judeo-Arabic literature on the
spiritual formation of not only the literate male population of
Tunisian Jews, who spent a good part of their time at the
Synagogue, but also on women, the lower and middle classes, and
conservatives who leaned toward modernization. Originally published
in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic Literature in Tunisia, 1850-1950 will be
welcomed by English-speaking scholars interested in the literature
and culture of this period.
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