Between Caravan and Sultan: The Bayrouk of Southern Morocco: Study in History and Identity (Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib, 1) - Hardcover

Mohamed, Mohamed Hassan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004183795 ISBN 13: 9789004183797

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2012

Synopsis

This work presents a study of the history and identity of the Moroccan Bayruk family. The first part of the book gives an outline of the main referents in both the Bayruk vision of 'self', and academic discourses on Maghribian history: the dynasty, caravan and 'tribe'. It identifies discrepancies in scholarly presentations of the Bayruk and traces them back to two overlapping issues of translation and conception. For the remainder of the book a variety of sources are used to highlight the role of textuality in the creation of the Bayruk image in academic discourse. As a result this book demonstrates how the Bayruk family can be used as a case-study to revise the existing interpretations of Maghribian history and modes of identification.

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Mohamed Hassan Mohamed received his education (BA and MA) at the University of Khartoum (Sudan). He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Alberta, Canada. Currently, he is an assistant professor at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 9004183795
• ISBN 13: 9789004183797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360