| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 275 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Becoming Gnawa -- From Enslavement to Gnawa: Historical Postcards and the Construction of Gnawa Identity -- Black Women, Photographic Representation, and Female Agency -- Fraja Performances: Geo-Locating Gnawa Ceremonies in the Sudan -- Spirits in the Night: Blackness, Authenticity, and Potency in a Gnawa Lila -- Marketing Gnawa Authenticity: The Shrine of Bilal and Hats of the Bambara -- The Gnawa Guinbri: From Concealment to Exhibition -- Conclusion: Utopian Visions and Trans-Saharan Realities -- Appendix: Gnawa Spiritual Repertoire |
| Summary |
"A groundbreaking study of Blackness in Morocco through the lens of visual representation"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 04, 2020) |
| Subject |
Gnawa (Brotherhood) -- Rites and ceremonies
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Gnawa (Brotherhood) -- Music
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| SUBJECT |
Gnawa (Brotherhood) fast |
| Subject |
Black people -- Morocco -- History
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Black people -- Morocco -- Social life and customs
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ART -- African.
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Black people
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Black people -- Social life and customs
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Music
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Rites and ceremonies
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Morocco
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020020416 |
| ISBN |
1452963584 |
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9781452963594 |
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1452963592 |
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9781452963587 |
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1517909384 |
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9781517909383 |
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1517909392 |
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9781517909390 |
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