The lesser gods of the Sahara : social change and contested terrain amongst the Tuareg of Algeria

Author(s)

• Keenan, Jeremy

Bibliographic Information

The lesser gods of the Sahara : social change and contested terrain amongst the Tuareg of Algeria

Jeremy Keenan

（Cass series : history and society in the Islamic world / series editors, Anoushiravan Ehteshami and George Joffé）

Frank Cass, 2004

• cloth
• pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Contents of Works

• Introduction : indigenous rights and a future politic
• Amongst Algeria's Tuareg after forty years of independence
• From tit (1902) to tahilahi (2002) : a reconsideration of the impact of and resistance to French pacification and colonial rule by the Tuareg of Algeria (the northern Tuareg)
• Ethnicity, regionalism, and political stability in Algeria's Grand Sud
• Dressing for the occasion : changes in the symbolic meanings of the Tuareg veil
• The end of the matriline? : the changing roles of women and descent amongst the Algerian Tuareg
• The last nomads : nomadism among the Tuareg of Ahaggar (Algerian Sahara)
• The lesser gods of the Sahara
• Contested terrain : tourism, environment, and security in Algeria's extreme south

• NCID: BA69733669
• ISBN:
  • 0714654108
  • 0714684104
• LCCN: 2003021311
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Portland, OR
• Pages/Volumes: 298 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DT283.6.T83
  • DC22 : 305.89/33065/009045
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Tuaregs -- History
  • LCSH : Tuaregs -- Ethnic identity
  • LCSH : Tuaregs -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : Social change -- Algeria
  • LCSH : Cultural property -- Protection -- Algeria
  • LCSH : Algeria -- Colonization
  • LCSH : Algeria -- Race relations
  • LCSH : Algeria -- Politics and government
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA4636207X