About the Author

Christine Allison

Reviews

"The focus on textual analysis of transcribed oral poems and songs will assist the folklorist and the anthropologist in an understanding of a relatively unknown religious group. At the same time it provides more reliable information on the Yezidis and an extensive bibliography for further research."
-Reeva Spector Simon, "Ethnic and Racial Studies
"The book makes a sustantive contribution to literature on ethnicity by illustrating the use of oral tradition in the creation of a historical narrative and a nationalist ideal."
-Reeva Spector Simon
"The lyric and narrative songs presented here have been meticulously translated and transliterated by Allison who attended live performances and used taped versions for her study."
-Reeva Spector Simon, "Racial and Ethnic Studies