La vie berbère par les textes

Parlers du sud-ouest marocain (tachelhit) – Ethnographic texts re-edited, translated into English by John Cooper

Compiled by: Arsène Roux †. Translated by: John Cooper. Collected by: John Cooper. Edited by: John Cooper. Series edited by: Harry Stroomer.

Series: Berber Studies Volume 23

2009
12 pp. Roman, 223 pp.
Text language(s): English
Format: 170 x 240 mm
410 g
Paperback
€ 49.80

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The French berberologist Arsène Roux (1893–1971) dedicated a great part of his life to the study of the Berber languages of Morocco. The ethnographic text collection La vie berbère together with four other compilations makes up a series of compendia assembled and annotated by Roux and intended as study material for scholars of the Moroccan Berber languages. In 1955, this compilation was published as volume I of the series Collection de textes berbères marocains by Éditions Larose in Paris. The newly edited first part of this publication contains original texts of the Berber language varieties of the Souss plain and the Anti-Atlas as well as of the region around Marrakech. They treat of the material sphere of the life of the Berber people of Southwest Morocco.

Everyday life of this ethnic group is reflected in discussions and monologues treating of topics such as traditional homesteads, clothing, agriculture and animal husbandry. Artisanry and trade with surrounding peoples are as important in this ethnographic study as views on the weather, occurrences of sickness and death and life philosophies in general. This publication presents a first time translation into English. The linguistic footnotes by Roux are amended by further comments of the editors and translators.

Not only of interest to linguists and berberologists, even more than 50 years after ist first publication this ethnographic description of traditional Berber culture in Morocco still is a major enrichment for cultural sciences in general and the Oriental studies especially.

Further editions of Berber texts have been published by us in the same series, including a catalogue of the « Fonds Arsène Roux », see the following links:

Accompanying material:

• Contes berbères de Figuig (Sud-est marocain) (ISBN 978-3-89645-934-3)
• Ethnographical Texts in Moroccan Berber (Dialect of Anti-Atlas) (ISBN 978-3-89645-950-3)
• La vie berbère par les textes – Les parlers du Maroc central (ISBN 978-3-89645-957-2)
• Textes berbères des Aït Âyyache (la vallée d’Ansegmir, Midelt, Maroc) – Textes originaux avec traductions en français (ISBN 978-3-89645-949-7)
• Textes berbères des Ait Izdeg (Moyen Atlas marocain) – Textes originaux en fac-similé avec traductions (ISBN 978-3-89645-939-8)
• Textes berbères du Maroc central (Textes originaux en transcription) (ISBN 978-3-89645-397-6)
• Textes berbères du Maroc central (Traductions en anglais – Translations into English) (ISBN 978-3-89645-943-5)

Cross-reference:

• An Anthology of Tashelhiyt Berber Folktales (South Morocco) (ISBN 978-3-89645-381-5)
• Catalogue des archives berbères du « Fonds Arsène Roux » (ISBN 978-3-89645-385-3)
• Tashelhiyt Berber Folktales from Tazerwalt (South Morocco) (ISBN 978-3-89645-383-9)
• Tashelhiyt Berber Texts from Ida u Tanan (South Morocco) (ISBN 978-3-89645-388-4)
• Tashelhiyt Berber Texts from the Ayt Brayyim, Lakhsas and Guedmioua Region (South Morocco) (ISBN 978-3-89645-384-6)

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