Daughters of Yemen
by Mishael Maswari Caspi (Translator)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0520051394
- ISBN 13
- 9780520051393
- Seller
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Brooktondale, New York, United States
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About This Item
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."
"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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- Bookseller
- Palimpsest Scholarly Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 794c
- Title
- Daughters of Yemen
- Author
- Mishael Maswari Caspi (Translator)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0520051394
- ISBN 13
- 9780520051393
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Judaica
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