We Share Walls : Language, Land, and Gender in Berber Morocco.

We Share Walls: Language, Land, and Gender in Berber Morocco explores how political economic shifts over the last century have reshaped the language practices and ideologies of women (and men) in the plains and mountains of rural Morocco.:.; Offers a unique and richly textured ethnography of languag...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Hoffman, Katherine E.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
Collection:Blackwell studies in discourse and culture.
Sujets:
Berbers > Morocco > Social life and customs.
Berbers > Morocco > Social conditions.
Women > Morocco.
Acculturation > Morocco.
Berbères > Maroc > Mœurs et coutumes.
Berbères > Maroc > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Maroc.
Acculturation
Berbers > Social life and customs
Ethnic relations
Women
Morocco > Ethnic relations.
Morocco
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Résumé:We Share Walls: Language, Land, and Gender in Berber Morocco explores how political economic shifts over the last century have reshaped the language practices and ideologies of women (and men) in the plains and mountains of rural Morocco.:.; Offers a unique and richly textured ethnography of language maintenance and shift as well as language and place-making among an overlooked Muslim group.; Examines how Moroccan Berbers use language to integrate into the Arab-speaking world and retain their own distinct identity.; Illuminates the intriguing semiotic and gender issues embedded in the culture.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (282 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index.
ISBN:9780470693339
0470693339
128130848X
9781281308481

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