Jerzy Zdanowski, Speaking with their Own Voices. The stories of Slaves in the Persian Gulf in the 20th Century. Cambridge,Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014, 185 pages.

Jerzy Zdanowski, Speaking with their Own Voices. The stories of Slaves in the Persian Gulf in the 20th Century

Kloss, Magdalena¹ 

关键词: tribu;    Arabie saoudite;    poésie orale;    désert;    ghazal;    Nifī;    Ibn Subayyil;    poésie nabaṭī;    dialecte;    tribe;    Saudi Arabia;    oral poetry;    Nabaṭī poetry;    dialect;    SAU;    Najd;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Centre Francais d Archeologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa

【 摘 要 】

Jerzy Zdanowski’s Speaking with their Own Voices sheds light on slavery and manumission in the Persian Gulf during the first half of the 20th century. Its main strength lies in the source material examined, around 1,000 statements made by slaves in order to obtain British manumission certificates. These personal accounts are quoted at length throughout the work, offering striking insights into the lives of slaves at the time. The book is divided into six chapters. Chapter one gives an overvie...

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