The formation of the postcolonial Moroccan national identity with the components of Islam‚ Moroccanity ‚ Maghrebity‚ Africanity‚ Arabity‚ Berberity and Europeanity goes back to the conquest of the city of Ceuta in the 16th century by the Portuguese. The aim of using Morocco’s sources for the economic interests of the Portuguese Kingdom‚ when it started to transform into missionary activities‚ triggered the Islamic feelings of the local Berbers and Arabs who became Muslim with the Arab conquest in
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Spirits‚ Stories‚ and Their Influence on the Moroccan Culture of Tuhami By telling stories‚ Tuhami‚ the title subject of Tuhami: A Portrait of a Moroccan allowed Crapanzano‚ author and anthropologist‚ to understand the thought processes and beliefs of his culture‚ even though these stories often did not depict the reality of Tuhami’s life. One example of these “unreal” stories is presented in the very first pages of the book‚ in his anecdote of how he came to work for the pasha’s son. In the account
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Postcolonialism is a term that ranges from artistic actions‚ political theories‚ cultural theories‚ and social ideologies which have created a new genre of African writers in the mid to late twentieth century that theorize this term. The fallout‚ drawbacks‚ and social emergences that have come out of colonialism appear to have taken the definition of postcolonialism up to a certain point because according to some theorists of postcolonialism‚ the definition still remains subjective. At this point
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A nice cup of Moroccan tea One of the things which characterize cultures alongside clothes‚ arts and the historical background is tea; you’ll find it in almost every country though its recipe might differ from one place to another. In Morocco; tea is as common as water and it’s used in almost all occasions. Yet each region and I might even say each family has got special details concerning the making of the “perfect cup of tea”. Here are my instructions * The one and only utensil to be used
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Morocco got its independence on November 18‚ 1956. That is a fact that has been written in the history of Moroccan culture. A fact that one cannot look up on Morocco‚ is that women had a great part in the resistance. In Moroccan culture‚ women are recognized neither as important agents of history‚ nor as reliable reporters and interpreters of history. In the film‚ “Still Ready: Three Women from Moroccan Resistance”‚ three women who were apart of the resistance report how their involvement was not only
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Globalization‚ Culture‚ and Moroccan Identity Merieme EL AMINE April 2007 INTRODUCTION Identity is a question that may be expressed by an anxiety and a hope at the same time. The anxiety lies in the sense of the existence of our Moroccan identity in all its dimensions‚ Arabo-berber‚ Muslim negro-African and modern. It also lies in our existence in the world in different parts of the planet where we have decided‚ voluntarily or not‚ to assert our existence; a planet that has become a finished
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[pic]Postcolonialism Postcolonialism (also Post-colonial theory‚ Postcolonial studies‚ and Post-colonialism) comprises methods of intellectual discourse that present analyses of‚ and responses to‚ the cultural legacies of colonialism and of imperialism‚ which draw from different post-modern schools of thought‚ such as critical theory. In the field of anthropology‚ post-colonial studies record the human relations among the colonial nations and the peoples of the colonies they had ruled and exploited
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Tragedy of Othello Syllabus 1. Introduction Different people have different opinions towards the tragedy of Othello. Personally‚ I am deeply impressed by the racial bias in this tragedy; therefore I try to analyze it from the view of postcolonialism. As you know‚ the tragedy of Othello has a close relation with Othello’s blackness identity. In the play‚ the viperous Iago makes full use of Othello’s special Moor identity‚ which is different from the dominant society‚ to enrage Desdemona’s
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Postmodernism has been described as a new version of Western cultural imperialism. Discuss the relationship between postmodernism and ’postcolonialism’. Postmodern theory been applauded as liberating‚ even democratising‚ in its rejection of absolutism and in its refusal to accept the dictates of hierarchy and certainty. It calls for the abandonment of the modernist qualities of objective truth‚ centralized knowledge‚ totalising explanations and determinacy . Rather‚ postmodern theory advocates
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Postmodernism ¡§There is a sense in which if one sees modernism as the culture of modernity‚ postmodernism is the culture of postmodernity¡¨ (Sarup 1993). ¡§Modern‚ overloaded individuals‚ desperately trying to maintain rootedness and integrity...ultimately are pushed to the point where there is little reason not to believe that all value-orientations are equally well-founded. Therefore‚ increasingly‚ choice becomes meaningless. According to Baudrillard (1984: 38-9)‚ we must now come to terms
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