Amazigh Arts in Morocco: Women Shaping Berber Identity

241 Pages·2006·7.13 MB·English

by  Cynthia Becker

amazigh arts in morocco

Amazigh Arts
in Morocco
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Women Shaping Berber Identity
Cynthia J. Becker
UniversityofTexasPress,Austin
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isbn-13:978-0-292-71295-9(cloth:alk.paper)
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1.Arts,Berber—Morocco. 2.Womenartists—
Morocco. 3.Ethnicityinart. 4.Identity
(Psychology)inart. 5.Berbers—Morocco—
Sociallifeandcustoms. I.Title.
nx587.75.a1b43 2006
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2006002245
Tomyparents,KathleenandGeorgeBecker
AndtoAddiandtheentireOuadderroufamily
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Contents
ANoteonTranscriptionandTransliterationix
Acknowledgmentsxi
Introduction1
one AitKhabbashTextiles:WeavingMetaphorsofIdentity15
two TheArtofDressingtheBody47
three DancePerformances:NegotiatingGenderandSocialChange76
four WomenasPublicSymbolsofIdentity:TheAdornmentofthe
BrideandGroom95
five PerformingAmazighGenderRoles:WeddingCeremonies134
six Oh,MySudaneseMother:TheLegacyofSlaveryinAit
KhabbashArt162
seven ContemporaryAmazighArts:GivingMaterialFormto
AmazighConsciousness177
appendix SelectedSongsfromAitKhabbashWeddings195
Notes201
References211
Index219
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ANoteonTranscriptionandTransliteration
TheAitAtta,thefocusofthisbook,speakanAmazighlanguagecalledTama-
zight, found in the Middle Atlas Mountains and the southeastern region of
Morocco.The term ‘‘Tamazight’’ is also used more generally by scholars to
refertoagroupofcloselyrelatedAfro-Asiaticlanguagesspokenthroughout
northwesternAfrica.Inthisbooktheterm‘‘Tamazight’’refersbothtothespe-
cificAmazighlanguagespokenbytheAitAttaandtoAmazighlanguagesas
awhole.
TheAmazighsongsandphrasesinthisbookarefromtheTamazightlan-
guagespecificallyspokenbytheAitAtta.AddiOuadderroudidthetranscrip-
tions,basinghisworkonthesystemcreatedbySalemChaker(1984).Addi
OuadderrouandIdidthetranslationsfromTamazighttoEnglish.Thefollow-
ingisaguidetothesystemusedbyAddiOuadderrou.
Letter TamazightExample EnglishTranslation
a azul hello
e amellal white
i izli song
o oreγ gold
u afus hand
w azwu wind
y kuyan everyone
b aberkan black
c icwa sharp
d tudert life
f tiflut door
g agadir wall