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Author Keenan, Jeremy, 1945-

Title The lesser gods of the Sahara : social change and contested terrain amongst the Tuareg of Algeria / Jeremy Keenan
Published London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 298 pages)
Series Cass series--history and society in the Islamic world
Cass series--history and society in the Islamic world.
Contents Introduction : indigenous rights and a future politic -- Amongst Algeria's Tuareg after forty years of independence -- From tit (1902) to tahilahi (2002) : a reconsideration of the impact of and resistance to French pacification and colonial rule by the Tuareg of Algeria (the northern Tuareg) -- Ethnicity, regionalism, and political stability in Algeria's Grand Sud -- Dressing for the occasion : changes in the symbolic meanings of the Tuareg veil -- The end of the matriline? : the changing roles of women and descent amongst the Algerian Tuareg -- The last nomads : nomadism among the Tuareg of Ahaggar (Algerian Sahara) -- The lesser gods of the Sahara -- Contested terrain : tourism, environment, and security in Algeria's extreme south
Summary The eight essays that comprise this collection cover various aspects of social change and contested terrain amongst the Tuareg people Algeria
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-273) and index
Notes Appendices in French
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Subject Tuaregs -- History
Tuaregs -- Ethnic identity
Tuaregs -- Social life and customs.
Social change -- Algeria
Cultural property -- Protection -- Algeria
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Colonization
Cultural property -- Protection
Politics and government
Race relations
Social change
Tuaregs
Tuaregs -- Ethnic identity
Tuaregs -- Social life and customs
SUBJECT Algeria -- Colonization
Algeria -- Race relations
Algeria -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95000034
Subject Algeria
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
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