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Availability:In StockContributor:Brigitte Himpan, Diane Himpan-SabatierSeries:AnthropologyPublish date:9/5/2018Pages:552
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Vernon PressISBN-13:9781622734566ISBN-10:1622734564UPC:9781622734566Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.19 inchesWeight:0.885Product ID:SCMF2YP6J0

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?

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Vernon PressISBN-13:9781622734566ISBN-10:1622734564UPC:9781622734566Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.19 inchesWeight:0.885Product ID:SCMF2YP6J0
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.
Publisher: Vernon Press

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