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Women and the Codification of the Amazigh Language

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Women and the Codification of the Amazigh Language

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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.

Table of Contents

Chapter One
The Amazigh People and Their Language: A Historical Context

Chapter Two
Amazigh Women Between the Production of Culture and the Production of Knowledge

Chapter Three
The Amazigh Alphabet Tifinagh

Chapter Four
Amazigh Women’s Rug Designs and Their Meanings

Chapter Five
Women’s Codification of the Amazigh Language

Chapter Six
Conclusions

Product details

Published Aug 22 2024
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 170
ISBN 9781666917710
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Series After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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