Judeo-Arabic Literature in Tunisia, 1850-1950 Contributor(s): Tobi, Yosef (Author), Tobi, Tsivia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814328717 ISBN-13: 9780814328712 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $62.36 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Social Science | Jewish Studies |
Dewey: 892.7 |
LCCN: 2014936567 |
Series: Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1.21" H x 6.42" W x 9.25" (1.64 lbs) 376 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
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Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tobi, Tsivia: - Tsivia Tobi is a research assistant for the Center of the Jewish Languages Research at Hebrew University. She is a native of Tunisia and a speaker of Tunisian Judeo-Arabic who received her doctorate degree in 2011.Tobi, Yosef: - Yosef Tobi is professor emeritus of Medieval Hebrew poetry and former chair of the Hebrew literature department at the University of Haifa. |