Symbols and Magic in the Arts of Kabyle Women

Buch | Hardcover

195 Seiten

2007
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-8870-7 (ISBN)

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Makilam’s research on the history of women and Berber culture, one of North Africa’s most ancient civilizations, demonstrates that the Kabyle women’s magic practices, graphic symbols, and rites of passage permit a new interpretation of their cultural identity from those that have traditionally been attributed to them by Western observers. This completely new vision of the symbolic grammar of the «decorations,» notably expressed in pottery, weaving, tattoos, and wall-paintings, leads us to reconsider the meaning of the Kabyle arts and contributes to our knowledge of Maghreb cultures and the role of women in «traditional» societies.

The Author: An anthropologist and historian, Makilam received her Ph.D. in history and ethnography from the University of Bremen, Germany. She is an indigenous Kabyle and was raised in a Berber village in northern Algeria until she was seventeen. Although she has since lived in Europe, she remains very close to her roots, and her testimony, interspersed with personal experiences, sheds new light on the rituals and myths of this vanishing society.

Reihe/Serie	Francophone Cultures and Literatures ; 52
Reihe/Serie	Francophone Cultures and Literatures ; 52
Übersetzer	Elizabeth Corp
Zusatzinfo	3 ill.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-8204-8870-4 / 0820488704
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-8870-7 / 9780820488707
Zustand	Neuware