Symbols and Magic in the Arts of Kabyle Women

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

Book Series Francophone Cultures & Literatures

ISBN-10 0820488704

ISBN-13 9780820488707

Publisher Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Imprint Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 2nd, 2007

Print length 195 Pages

Weight 494 grams

Dimensions 15.80 x 23.70 x 1.80 cms

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Makilam’s research on the history of women and Berber culture, one of North Africa’s most ancient civilizations, demonstrates that the Kabyle women’s magic practices, graphic symbols, and rites of passage permit a new interpretation of their cultural identity from those that have traditionally been attributed to them by Western observers. This completely new vision of the symbolic grammar of the «decorations,» notably expressed in pottery, weaving, tattoos, and wall-paintings, leads us to reconsider the meaning of the Kabyle arts and contributes to our knowledge of Maghreb cultures and the role of women in «traditional» societies.

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