Larbi Batma, Nass el-Ghiwane and postcolonial music in Morocco / Lhoussain Simour ; foreword by Alessandra Ciucci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simour, Lhoussain, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nass el Ghiwan (Musical group).

Bāṭmā, al-ʻArabī, 1948-1997.

Bāṭmā, al-ʻArabī.

Popular music--Morocco--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Morocco.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 211 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

"Providing a reading of Al-raḥīl, this book is the first in English examining the work of Nass el-Ghiwane, the emergence of al-Ūghniya al-Ghīwāniya as a musical genre and the social conditions that fostered its growth."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I Disturbing the Canon: Non-Canonical Voices in Postcolonial Moroccan Writing 21

II Narrating Marginality and Reinventing the Periphery: Larbi Batma's Al-rahil (The Departure) between Self-Narration, Individual Agony and National Allegory 35

III Euphonious Voice(s) from the Margin: Nass el-Ghiwane and the Making of Alternative Popular Music 93.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476664149

1476664145

OCLC:

948547937