Title The lesser gods of the Sahara : social change and contested terrain amongst the Tuareg of Algeria / Jeremy Keenan.

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London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2004.

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Description	1 online resource (xv, 298 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Cass series--history and society in the Islamic world
	Cass series--history and society in the Islamic world.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-273) and index.
Contents	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.
Summary	The eight essays that comprise this collection cover various aspects of social change and contested terrain amongst the Tuareg people Algeria.
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Language	Appendices in French.
Subject	Tuaregs -- History.
	Tuaregs.
	History.
	Tuaregs -- Ethnic identity.
	Tuaregs -- Ethnic identity.
	Tuaregs -- Social life and customs.
	Tuaregs -- Social life and customs.
	Social change -- Algeria.
	Social change.
	Algeria.
	Cultural property -- Protection -- Algeria.
	Cultural property -- Protection.
	Algeria -- Colonization.
	Colonization.
	Algeria -- Race relations.
	Race relations.
	Algeria -- Politics and government.
	Politics and government.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Keenan, Jeremy, 1945- Lesser gods of the Sahara. London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2004 0714654108 0714684104 (DLC) 2003021311 (OCoLC)53145378
ISBN	0203327624 (electronic book)
	9780203327623 (electronic book)
	0714654108 (cased)
	9780714654102 (cased)
	9780714684109 (paperback)
	0714684104 (paperback)

Title The lesser gods of the Sahara : social change and contested terrain amongst the Tuareg of Algeria / Jeremy Keenan.

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