New Book

[Agrawal]

Prof. Jane Goodman, has just
published a book titled "Berber Culture On The World
Stage: From Village To Video".
( 239 pages, Publisher: Indiana University Press (Nov,
2005), Language: English, ISBN: 0253217849
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches

 

[Amsernat]

Prof. Jane Goodman, has just
published a book titled "Berber Culture On The World
Stage: From Village To Video".
( 239 pages, Publisher: Indiana University Press (Nov,
2005), Language: English, ISBN: 0253217849
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches

Hey Mister Agrawal: When you introduce a book, please have the intellectual rectitude of telling everyone what the book is about. In this case of this book, the subject matter is about the kabylie culture and music. I bet you have not even taken the time to read it.

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- From Amazon bookstore.
In this nuanced study of the performance of cultural identity, Jane E. Goodman travels from contemporary Kabyle Berber communities in Algeria and France to the colonial archives, identifying the products, performances, and media through which Berber identity has developed. In the 1990s, with a major Islamist insurgency underway in Algeria, Berber cultural associations created performance forms that challenged Islamist premises while critiquing their own village practices. Goodman describes the phenomenon of new Kabyle song, a form of world music that transformed village songs for global audiences. She follows new songs as they move from their producers to the copyright agency to the Parisian stage, highlighting the networks of circulation and exchange through which Berbers have achieved global visibility.