Cynthia Becker

Amazigh Arts in Morocco

Women Shaping Berber Identity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An unprecedented examination of the relationships of art, gender, and identity among the Amazigh (Berber) people of Morocco.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9780292721371
• ISBN-10: 0292721374
• Artikelnr.: 27841578

Autorenporträt

By Cynthia Becker

Inhaltsangabe

* A Note on Transcription and Transliteration
* Acknowledgments
* Introduction
* Chapter One. Ait Khabbash Textiles: Weaving Metaphors of Identity
* Chapter Two. The Art of Dressing the Body
* Chapter Three. Dance Performances: Negotiating Gender and Social
Change
* Chapter Four. Women as Public Symbols of Identity: The Adornment of
the Bride and Groom
* Chapter Five. Performing Amazigh Gender Roles: Wedding Ceremonies
* Chapter Six. Oh, My Sudanese Mother: The Legacy of Slavery in Ait
Khabbash Art
* Chapter Seven. Contemporary Amazigh Arts: Giving Material Form to
Amazigh Consciousness
* Appendix 1. Selected Songs from Ait Khabbash Weddings
* Notes
* References
* Index