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Nomads of Mauritania [Paperback, B&W]
Contributor(s): Himpan, Brigitte (Author), Himpan-Sabatier, Diane (Author)
ISBN: 1622737245     ISBN-13: 9781622737246
Publisher: Vernon Press
OUR PRICE:   $73.15  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: May 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Series: Anthropology
Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6" W x 9" (1.61 lbs) 552 pages
 
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Nomads of Mauritania aims at understanding the cultural identity (religious beliefs, language, values, relationships with others) of the Mauritanian nomads through their geographical environment, an original history, their lifestyle, caste system, diet, housing and crafts and how it is revealed by their art, materially expressed on the everyday objects and the body and defined for the first time as geometrical-abstract and respectively as ephemeral usual art and ephemeral living art. Furthermore, what has become of the nomads of Mauritania with the climate warming and the economic and cultural globalization and to what extent are they still the pillars and heart of the Mauritanian society of today?

Contributor Bio(s): Himpan, Brigitte: - Brigitte Himpan, Artist Painter, obtained a Master's degree in Fine Arts in 1983 at the University of Paris VIII (France) about the everyday life of the Mauritanian nomads through their usual objects and a post-graduate pre-PhD's degree in Philosophy of Art and Culture in 1986 at the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris I (France) concerning the cultural identity of the Mauritanian nomads.Himpan-Sabatier, Diane: - Diane Himpan-Sabatier graduating from the Higher Institute of Management (Paris) in 1994 and the Higher School of Cinema Studies (Paris) in 1996. Himpan-Sabatier is also the author of a post-graduate pre-PhD thesis from the School of International High Studies (Paris). Furthermore, from 1981 to 1992 she spent a total of nine months in Mauritania, during which she got acquainted with and became interested in the Mauritanian culture. Therefore, through extensive research work, she participated in the completion and update of this book.