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Daughters of Yemen

Daughters of Yemen Hardcover - 1985

by Mishael Maswari Caspi (Translator)

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First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", is bound in light red cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is in fine condition. Dust jacket shows light shelfwear. xv/264 pages."In "Daughters of Yemen," Mishael Maswari Caspi presents a compilation of poems recited by the illiterate Yemenite Jewish women of a community now transplanted to Israel. Appearing here for the first time both in English translation and in a transcription of the original Arabic, these poems are organized around the life cycle of their authors."
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  • Title Daughters of Yemen
  • Author Mishael Maswari Caspi (Translator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Printing
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 279
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
  • Date 1985
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 794c
  • ISBN 9780520051393 / 0520051394
  • Library of Congress subjects Judeo-Arabic poetry - Yemen -, Jewish women - Yemen - Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 84016296
  • Dewey Decimal Code 892.710

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