Inventing the Berbers: History and Ideology in the Maghrib

Ramzi Rouighi

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2019

Inventing the Berbers

History and Ideology in the Maghrib

Ramzi Rouighi

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812296181

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About this book

Inventing the Berbers examines the emergence of the Berbers as a distinct category in early Arabic texts and probes the ways in which later Arabic sources, shaped by contemporary events, imagined the Berbers as a people and the Maghrib as their home.

Author / Editor information

Ramzi Rouighi is Associate Professor of Middle East Studies and History at the University of Southern California. He is author of The Making of a Mediterranean Emirate: Ifriqiya and Its Andalusis, 1200-1400, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Reviews

"Inventing the Berbers is an essential contribution to the history of the Maghrib, not only in the Middle Ages, but in our own time as well. It will, no doubt, be controversial, for it touches on issues of colonial historiography and ethnic definition that remain politically sensitive, especially in Algeria and Morocco. But Ramzi Rouighi's arguments are firmly grounded in the sources—and are overwhelmingly convincing."—Dominique Valérian, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. Medieval Origins
Chapter 1. Berberization and Its Origins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter 2. Making Berbers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
PART II. Genealogy and Homeland
Chapter 3. The Berber People Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Chapter 4. The Maghrib and the Land of the Berbers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
PART III. Modern Medieval Berbers
Chapter 5. Modern Origins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Chapter 6. Beacons, Guides, and Marked Paths Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 312
Illustrations
- Other: 4 illus.
Keywords: History; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Middle Eastern Studies; African Studies; Asian Studies; European History; World History

eBook

Published: July 5, 2019
ISBN: 9780812296181