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Chargement... Poetry of the Taliban (Columbia/Hurst)par Alex Strick van Linschoten
Afghanistan (35) Chargement...
Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Most Taliban fighters are Pashtuns, a people who cherish their vibrant poetic tradition, closely associated with that of song. The poems in this collection are meant to be recited and sung; and this is the manner in which they are enjoyed by the wider Pashtun public today. From audiotapes traded in secret in the bazaars of Kandahar, to mp3s exchanged via bluetooth in Kabul, to video files downloaded in Dubai and London, Taliban poetry has an appeal that transcends the insurgency. For the Taliban today, these poems, or ghazals, have a resonance back to the 1980s war against the Soviets, when similar rhetorical styles, poetic formulae and tricks with meter inspired mujahideen combatants and non-combatants alike. The poetry presented here includes ‘classics’ of the genre from the 1980s and 1990s as well as a selection from the odes and ghazals of today’s conflict . Veering from nationalist paeans to dirges replete with religious symbolism, the poems are organised under four headings —War, Pastoral, Religious and Love — and cover many themes and styles. The political is intertwined with the aesthetic, the celebratory cry is never far from the funeral dirge and praise of martyrs lost. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Most Taliban fighters are Pashtuns who cherish their vibrant poetic traditions, which mirror those of song. While much has been written about the Taliban's military tactics, media strategy, and harsh treatment of women, scholars often overlook this cultural and less overt -- yet no less revealing -- political practice. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)891.5931Literature Literature of other languages Literature of east Indo-European and Celtic languages Persian languages Other Modern Persian languages Pamir; Pashto Pashto poetryClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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