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Saharan Frontiers – Space and Mobility in Northwest Africa: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa

Autor James Mcdougall, Judith Scheele, Peregrine Horden, E. Ann Mcdougall, Katia Schörle
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 iun 2012
The Sahara has long been portrayed as a barrier that divides the Mediterranean world from Africa proper and isolates the countries of the Maghrib from their southern and eastern neighbours. Rather than viewing the desert as an isolating barrier, this volume takes up historian Fernand Braudel's description of the Sahara as "the second face of the Mediterranean." The essays recast the history of the region with the Sahara at its centre, uncovering a story of densely interdependent networks that span the desert's vast expanse. They explore the relationship between the desert's "islands" and "shores" and the connections and commonalities that unite the region. Contributors draw on extensive ethnographic and historical research to address topics such as trade and migration; local notions of place, territoriality, and movement; Saharan cities; and the links among ecological, regional, and world-historical approaches to understanding the Sahara.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253001269
ISBN-10: 0253001269
Pagini: 306
Ilustrații: 10 maps
Dimensiuni: 151 x 228 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Seria Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa


Cuprins

Acknowledgments; Note on spelling and transliterationIntroduction Time and Space in the Sahara / Judith Scheele and James McDougall Part I. Framing Saharan History 1. Situations Both Alike? Connectivity, the Mediterranean, the Sahara / Peregrine Horden; 2. On Being Saharan / E. Ann McDougall; 3. Saharan Trade in Classical Antiquity / Katia Schurle; 4. Frontiers, Borderlands, and Saharan/World History / James McDougallPart II. Environment, Territory, and Community 5. The Rites of Baba Merzug: Diaspora, Ibadism, and Social Status in the Valley of the Mzab / Fatma Oussedik ; 6. Celebrating mawlid in Timimoun: Ritual as Words in Motion, Space as Time Stood Still / Abderrahmane Moussaoui; 7. Villages and Crossroads: Changing Territorialities among the Tuareg of Northern Mali in the Twentieth Century / Charles Gramont ; 8. Ethnicity and Interdependence: Moors and Haalpulaar'en in the Senegal Valley / Olivier LeservoisierPart III. Strangers, Space, and Labor 9. Mauritania and the New Frontier of Europe: From Transit to Residence / Armelle Choplin; 10. Living Together and Living Apart in Nouakchott / Laurence Marfaing; 11. Cultural Interaction and the Artisanal Economy in Tamanrasset / Dida BadiPart IV. Economies of Movement 12. Notes on the Informal Economy in Southern Morocco / Mohamed Oudada ; 13. Garage or caravanserail; Saharan Connectivity in al-Khal’l, Northern Mali / Judith Scheele; 14. Movements of People and Goods: Local Impacts and Dynamics of Migration in the Central Sahara / Julien BrachetReferences; Contributors; Index

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Rethinking place and history in Northwest Africa