Women and the Codification of the Amazigh Language

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Often associated with the ‘rural’, the ‘exotic’ or the ‘folkloric’, Amazigh women’s ancestral art of weaving has not received much attention in Amazigh Studies. Drawing on primary sources, manuscripts, and printed texts, in libraries and archives, this book sheds new light on Amazigh women’s weaving practices, arguing that it was the ancestral rug designs that inspired the Amazigh alphabet Tifinagh. In doing so, the author reveals the active role women played in the process of codifying the Amazigh language. This book is of interest to scholars in Amazigh studies, women’s history, anthropology, and linguistics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-08-22
Mått:161 x 236 x 19 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
Antal sidor:170
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666917710

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Fatima Sadiqi is professor of linguistics and gender studies in affiliation with the University of Fez and Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

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In this study, weaving is both a paradigm and a methodology. Through the act of weaving history, archeology, linguistics, and women studies, Sadiqi brings together these disciplines and makes them speak to each other to create a scholarly tapestry where women and North Africa are finally at the center of the work. For Sadiqi, women’s agency is central in the production of knowledge and in preserving and transmitting the Tifinagh alphabet which ensured the survival and vitality of the Amazigh culture, which has been based on a linguistic unity. This groundbreaking book will undoubtedly contribute to a reimagining of the history of North Africa, its culture, and the role of women within both.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter OneThe Amazigh People and Their Language: A Historical ContextChapter TwoAmazigh Women Between the Production of Culture and the Production of KnowledgeChapter ThreeThe Amazigh Alphabet TifinaghChapter FourAmazigh Women’s Rug Designs and Their MeaningsChapter FiveWomen’s Codification of the Amazigh LanguageChapter SixConclusions