A cold and grey day in an urban environment, monotony reigns and dictates the mundane lives of the city’s inhabitants. A boy wants to express his love for the girl next door. Timidly at first he starts to sing and an orchestral accompaniment slowly rises as the girl joins him in song and they begin to dance. Here the environment changes,…
Emic approaches oen run counter to the tendency to abstract poetic forms and how they “work” as strict ideal systems. Instead, emic approaches attend to variation as symptomatic of the potential for exibility that may also have functions or meanings in performance (Foley 2002: 33; see also Kallio, this volume). Emic terms are oen brought into focus for …
This open access book provides a multi-perspective approach to the caravan trade in the Sahara during the 19th century. Based on travelogues from European travelers, recently found Arab sources, historical maps and results from several expeditions, the book gives an overview of the historical periods of the caravan trade as well as detailed information about the infrastructure which was necessa…