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A moving portrait of the contemporary experiences of migrant
Moroccan men. Umbria is known to most Americans for its picturesque
rolling hills and medieval villages, but to the many migrant
Moroccan men who travel there, Umbria is better known for the
tobacco fields, construction sites, small industries, and the
outdoor weekly markets where they work. Marginalized and far from
their homes, these men turn to Moroccan traditions of music and
poetry that evoke the countryside they have left- l-'arubiya, or
the rural. In this book, Alessandra Ciucci takes us inside the
lives of Moroccan workers, unpacking the way they share a
particular musical style of the rural to create a sense of home and
belonging in a foreign and inhospitable nation. Along the way, she
uncovers how this culture of belonging is not just the product of
the struggles of migration, but also tied to the reclamation of a
noble and virtuous masculine identity that is inaccessible to
Moroccan migrants in Italy. The Voice of the Rural allows us to
understand the contemporary experiences of migrant Moroccan men by
examining their imagined relationship to the rural through sound,
shedding new light on the urgent issues of migration and belonging.
A moving portrait of the contemporary experiences of migrant
Moroccan men. Umbria is known to most Americans for its picturesque
rolling hills and medieval villages, but to the many migrant
Moroccan men who travel there, Umbria is better known for the
tobacco fields, construction sites, small industries, and the
outdoor weekly markets where they work. Marginalized and far from
their homes, these men turn to Moroccan traditions of music and
poetry that evoke the countryside they have left- l-'arubiya, or
the rural. In this book, Alessandra Ciucci takes us inside the
lives of Moroccan workers, unpacking the way they share a
particular musical style of the rural to create a sense of home and
belonging in a foreign and inhospitable nation. Along the way, she
uncovers how this culture of belonging is not just the product of
the struggles of migration, but also tied to the reclamation of a
noble and virtuous masculine identity that is inaccessible to
Moroccan migrants in Italy. The Voice of the Rural allows us to
understand the contemporary experiences of migrant Moroccan men by
examining their imagined relationship to the rural through sound,
shedding new light on the urgent issues of migration and belonging.
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