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Zusatztext "Rasmussen has written a richly detailed and compelling study of Tuareg theater in northern Mali and Niger. She skillfully weaves together the aesthetic! social! and political dimensions of these performances and gives us a rare insight into the lives and artistic practices of the actors who bring the plays to life." Informationen zum Autor Susan Rasmussen is professor of anthropology in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Houston. Klappentext This book explores culture, memory, and creativity in acting and plays in Tamajaq-speaking, Muslim, semi-nomadic Tuareg society in northern Mali. Rasmussen analyzes how Tuareg actors negotiate cultural memory and encounters in communities, caught historically and currently between political violence and precarious peace. Zusammenfassung This book explores culture, memory, and creativity in acting and plays in Tamajaq-speaking, Muslim, semi-nomadic Tuareg society in northern Mali. Rasmussen analyzes how Tuareg actors negotiate cultural memory and encounters in communities, caught historically and currently between political violence and precarious peace. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 General Background on the Tuareg, the Kel Adagh, and the Town and Region of Kidal Chapter 2 Situating Acting and Creativity in Culture, Place, and MemoryChapter 3 The Poetics and Politics of Aesthetic Style and Genre and The Ibaraden Actors Chapter 4 Acting and Cultural Translation: Actors and Audiences as Interpreters and Mediators in Reformulating "Traditional" and "Modern"Chapter 5 Rural-Urban and Nomadic-Sedentarized Encounters Chapter 6 Disputed Gender, Relations Between the Sexes, and Embodied PerformanceChapter 7 Youths and Elders: Resistance and Healing in Intergenerational Ambivalence Chapter 8 Religious Reflections and Social DissonanceConclusions Nostalgic Yearning and Cultural Critique
