Amazigh Arts in Morocco: Women Shaping Berber IdentityBecker offers an examination of the relationships of art, gender, and identity among the Amazigh (Berber) people of Morocco. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ait Khabbash Textiles Weaving Metaphors of Identity | 15 |
The Art of Dressing the Body | 47 |
Dance Performances Negotiating Gender and Social Change | 76 |
Women as Public Symbols of Identity The Adornment of the Bride and Groom | 95 |
Performing Amazigh Gender Roles Wedding Ceremonies | 134 |
Oh My Sudanese Mother The Legacy of Slavery in Ait Khabbash Art | 162 |
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aâbroq Addi Ouadderrou adorn aḥidous performances aḥruy Ait Atta Ait Khab Ait Khabbash bride Ait Khabbash identity Ait Khabbash weddings Ait Khabbash women Amazigh art Amazigh culture Amazigh groups Amazigh identity Amazigh language Amazigh women Arab areas artistic associated Atlas Mountains baraka Belkahia Berber body bridal tent called carpets colors commonly create dance daughter dress embroidered Erfoud Errachidia ethnic identity evil eye face Fatima female fertility Figure gender girls groom hair head coverings headdress henna hiwawi iffu Imazighen indigo-dyed IRCAM Islam Ismkhan isnain jewelry jnoun Khamlia living loom marriage married metaphor Mezguida Moroccan Moroccan Arabic mother motifs Muhammad oh bride pendants Photo pigeon play aḥidous Prophet protect Qur'anic refer Rissani role sexuality Sijilmasa silver sing social song southeastern Morocco style symbols Tafilalet oasis taḥruyt tajellabiyt tamaccat Tamazight Tashelhit tattoos textiles Tifinagh Tuareg typically virginity visual wear weaving wedding ceremony Westermarck 1926 woman wool worn woven zigh