Full Description
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.
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
