Simplification ethnique en Afrique du Nord : Maures, Arabes, Berbères (XVIIIe-XXe siècles)
Year: 1993
Type: article
Abstract: F. Pouillon — Ethnie Simplification: Moors, Arabs and Berbers (18th-20th Centuries). Reading the accounts of travellers in North Africa during the 18th century informs us about the quite different ethnie classifications used at that time in comparison with the one that, during colonialism, was built on the Arab/Berber distinction. Questions are asked, in particular, about the notion of "Moor", which has nearly vanished. It is argued that these differences resuit less from the poor qual-ity of observations than from relatively violent changes in the composition of populations and from a reclassification in terms of identity.
Source: Cahiers d études africaines
Author: François Pouillon
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2020064986