| Description |
1 online resource (232 pages) |
| Series |
History and Society in the Islamic World |
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History and society in the Islamic world.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Tribalism : the backbone of the Moroccan nation -- Scratch a Moroccan, find a Berber -- Scission, discontinuity and reduplication of Agnatic descent groups in precolonial Berber societies in Morocco -- The role of Goliath in Moroccan Berber genealogies -- The role and the modalities of trial by collective oath in the Berber-speaking highlands of Morocco -- Rural and tribal uprisings in post-colonial Morocco, 1957-60 : an overview and a reappraisal -- The Rif and the Rifians : problems of definition -- Spanish colonial ethnography in the rural and tribal northern zone of Morocco, 1912-56 : an overview and an appraisal -- Origin myths, autochthonous and 'stranger' elements in lineage and community formation, and the question of onomastic recurrences in the Moroccan Rif -- Precolonial Rifian communities outside the Moroccan Rif : Battiwa and Tangier -- Comparative land tenure and division of irrigation water in two Moroccan Berber societies : the Aith Waryaghar of the Rif and the Ait 'Atta of the Saghru and south-central atlas -- Index |
| Summary |
An anthropological study of Berber society and particularly the Rifian tribes of Morocoo, a Muslim society. This book deals with the background of these tribes, their settlement in various areas and contemporary issues |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Berbers -- Morocco
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Berbers -- Political activity -- Morocco
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Berbers -- Morocco -- Social conditions
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Group identity -- Morocco
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Acculturation -- Morocco
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Acculturation
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Berbers
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Ethnic relations
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Group identity
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| SUBJECT |
Morocco -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
Morocco
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135302542 |
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1135302545 |
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