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Art of being Tuareg : Sahara nomads in a modern world

Title
Art of being Tuareg : Sahara nomads in a modern world / edited by Thomas K. Seligman and Kristyne Loughran ; with essays contributed by Edmond Bernus [and others].
Publication
Los Angeles : Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University : UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Seligman, Thomas K.
  • Loughran, Kristyne.
  • Bernus, Edmond.
  • Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University.
  • University of California, Los Angeles. Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
Description
291 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map; 31 cm
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Note
  • "Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University and the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, part of UCLA's School of the Arts and Architecture"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-278) and index.
Contents
1. An Introduction to the Tuareg / Thomas K. Seligman -- The Sahara / Thomas K. Seligman -- 2. Poetry as a Reflection of Tuareg Cultural Values and Identity / Gian Carlo Castelli Gattinara -- Tifinar / Kristyne Loughran -- 3. The Inadan, Makers of Amazigh Identity: The Case of the Air Region / Mohamed Ag Ewangaye -- Indigenous Beliefs and Islam / Thomas K. Seligman -- 4. The Tuareg Artisan: From Technician to Mediator / Edmond Bernus -- The Stuff of Life: Tent, Food, Weapons / Kristyne Loughran -- 5. Tuareg Music: From Acoustic to Electric / Francois Borel -- Tea / Thomas K. Seligman -- 6. Dress, Identity, and Gender in Tuareg Culture and Society / Susan Rasmussen -- Personal Beautification and Grooming / Kristyne Loughran -- 7. Tuareg Women and Their Jewelry / Kristyne Loughran -- Does It Have to Be Beautiful to Empower? / Kristyne Loughran -- Tuareg Jewelry / Kristyne Loughran -- 8. The Art of Being Tuareg / Thomas K. Seligman -- Upon Request: Commissions with Saidi Oumba and Andi Ouhoulou / Thomas K. Seligman -- 9. The Cross of Agadez (Tenaghalt tan Agadez) / Kristyne Loughran and Thomas K. Seligman -- African Symbols in the Larger World / Thomas K. Seligman -- 10. A l'Atelier / Jean-Yves Brizot.
ISBN
  • 0974872946 (soft cover)
  • 0974872962 (hard cover)
LCCN
  • 2005028611
  • 9780974872940
  • 9780974872964
OCLC
  • ocm61859773
  • SCSB-5247806
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries