The lesser gods of the Sahara
Subtitle: social change and contested terrain amongst the Tuareg of Algeria
By: Jeremy Keenan.
Series: Cass series--history and society in the Islamic world
Publisher: Frank Cass
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Tuaregs -- History; Tuaregs -- Ethnic identity; Tuaregs -- Social life and customs; Social change -- Algeria; Cultural property -- Protection -- Algeria; Algeria -- Colonization; Algeria -- Race relations; Algeria -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : indigenous rights and a future politic; title: Amongst Algeria's Tuareg after forty years of independence; title: 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); title: Ethnicity, regionalism, and political stability in Algeria's Grand Sud; title: Dressing for the occasion : changes in the symbolic meanings of the Tuareg veil; title: The end of the matriline? : the changing roles of women and descent amongst the Algerian Tuareg; title: The last nomads : nomadism among the Tuareg of Ahaggar (Algerian Sahara); title: The lesser gods of the Sahara; title: Contested terrain : tourism, environment, and security in Algeria's extreme south.