Larbi Batma, Nass el-Ghiwane and Postcolonial Music in Morocco

Established in 1971, Nass el-Ghiwane is a legendary musical group that transformed the Moroccan music scene in the last decades of the 20th century.
The charismatic founding member Larbi Batma (1948-1997) through his lyrics brought to light Moroccan folklore and obscure poetry. His autobiography Al-rä¿l, blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction and deals with social issues plaguing post-independence Morocco.
Providing a reading of Al-rä¿l, this book is the first in English to examine the work of Nass el-Ghiwane, as well as the emergence of al-¿ghniya al-Gh¿waniya as a musical genre and the social conditions that fostered its growth.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Alessandra Ciucci

Preface

Introduction

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

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

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

Conclusion

Discography

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Lhoussain Simour is an assistant professor of English and cultural studies at Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco. His research interests include cultural studies, colonial discourse analysis, and postcolonial literature.

Summary

"Providing a reading of Al-raohail, this book is the first in English examining the work of Nass el-Ghiwane, the emergence of al-aUghniya al-Ghaiwaaniya as a musical genre and the social conditions that fostered its growth."--

Product details

• Authors: Lhoussain Simour, Simour Lhoussain
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781476664149
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6414-9
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 308 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, 20th Century, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Ethnic, Morocco, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, World Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Other global and regional music styles