LEADER 03146nam 2200409 450 001 9910597895303321 005 20230608212917.0 035 $a(CKB)5850000000084265 035 $a(NjHacI)995850000000084265 035 $a(EXLCZ)995850000000084265 100 $a20230511d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aState, Society and Islam in the Western Regions of the Sahara $eRegional Interactions and Social Change /$fFrancisco Freire 210 1$aLondon, United Kingdom :$cBloomsbury Academic,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (376 pages) 311 $a0-7556-4351-8 330 $aThis open access book takes a deeper and broader perspective of the Hassaniya-speaking peoples' struggle for self-determination in the Western Sahara. There has been a surge of interest in the Western Sahara, often centred around sensationalist news reports and policy briefs on these groups. But in-depth understanding and analysis remains neglected and little work has been undertaken on the diverse experiences of the Hassaniya and the contrasting political regimes under which they live. The contributors here focus on the complex and ambiguous relations between statehood, Islam, nation building and identity formation in hassanophone northwest Africa, ranging from southern Morocco, the Western Sahara and Mauritania to Algeria. The book brings new analysis and up-to-date fieldwork to provide an 'inside perspective' on these populations and their regional interactions, with contributions from the fields of law, history, politics, gender studies and media studies and the research of scholars from both the global North and global South. This interdisciplinary collection shows how urban ways of life are being adopted, with the Hassaniya-speaking peoples adapting to state-administered social policies and new modes of settling territorial disputes and legal claims. In doing so, the book sheds new light on the region's shifting social hierarchies, the new gendered power dynamics, and generational changes in the re-interpretation of 'tradition'. As well as displaying that the Western Sahara's Hassanophone are pivotal to the development of a specific tribal-based political culture and language, the book reveals the close association they have with Islam, both as a religious expression as well as a cultural marker. It is a much-needed contribution to work on the intersections of politics, Islam and identity in hassanophone northwest Africa. 517 $aState, Society and Islam in the Western Regions of the Sahara 606 $aSahrawi (African people) 606 $aImperialism 606 $aColonies 607 $aAfrica$xHistory 615 0$aSahrawi (African people) 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aColonies. 676 $a362.870820965 700 $aFreire$b Francisco$01317828 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910597895303321 996 $aState, Society and Islam in the Western Regions of the Sahara$93291687 997 $aUNINA