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Berbers and Others offers fresh perspectives on new forms of
social and political activism in today's Maghrib. In recent years,
the Amazigh (Berber) movement has become a focus of widespread
political, social, and cultural attention in North Africa, Europe,
and the United States. Berber groups have peacefully yet
persistently laid claim to ownership over broad areas of creativity
in the arts, politics, literature, education, and national memory.
The contributors to this volume present some of the best new
thinking in the emerging field of Berber studies, offering insight
into historical antecedents, language usage, land rights, household
economies, artistic production, and human rights. The scope, depth,
and multidisciplinary approach will engage specialists on the
Maghrib as well as students of ethnicity, social and political
change, and cultural innovation.
Encountering Morocco introduces readers to life in this North
African country through vivid accounts of fieldwork as personal
experience and intellectual journey. We meet the contributors at
diverse stages of their careers-from the unmarried researcher
arriving for her first stint in the field to the seasoned
fieldworker returning with spouse and children. They offer frank
descriptions of what it means to take up residence in a place where
one is regarded as an outsider, learn the language and local
customs, and struggle to develop rapport. Moving reflections on
friendship, kinship, and belief within the cross-cultural encounter
reveal why study of Moroccan society has played such a seminal role
in the development of cultural anthropology. -- Indiana University
Press
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