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In the context of strict censorship by the government of the then dictator of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh, this film explores how ancient traditions of poetry, sometimes set to music and recorded on audio cassettes, were used as a means to circulate ideas about social and political problems related to...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ihle, Johanne Haaber (Director)
Format: Video
Language:Arabic
Language Notes:In Arabic.
Published: Manchester : Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester, 2009.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Arabic poetry > Yemen (Republic)
Political poetry, Arabic > Yemen (Republic)
Yemen (Republic) > Social life and customs.
Poésie yéménite.
Poésie politique arabe > Yémen.
Arabic poetry
Manners and customs
Political poetry, Arabic
Yemen (Republic)
Ethnographic films
Ethnographic films.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:In the context of strict censorship by the government of the then dictator of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh, this film explores how ancient traditions of poetry, sometimes set to music and recorded on audio cassettes, were used as a means to circulate ideas about social and political problems related to the fractured relationship between the north and south of the country that it was not possible to discuss through the press.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed November 04, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (22 min.)
Playing Time:00:22:19