The Voice of the Rural
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The Voice of the Rural

Music, Poetry, and Masculinity among Migrant Moroccan Men in Umbria

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eBook - ePub

The Voice of the Rural

Music, Poetry, and Masculinity among Migrant Moroccan Men in Umbria

About this book

A moving portrait of the contemporary experiences of migrant Moroccan men.

Umbria is known to most Americans for its picturesque rolling hills and medieval villages, but to the many migrant Moroccan men who travel there, Umbria is better known for the tobacco fields, construction sites, small industries, and the outdoor weekly markets where they work. Marginalized and far from their homes, these men turn to Moroccan traditions of music and poetry that evoke the countryside they have left— l-'arubiya, or the rural. In this book, Alessandra Ciucci takes us inside the lives of Moroccan workers, unpacking the way they share a particular musical style of the rural to create a sense of home and belonging in a foreign and inhospitable nation. Along the way, she uncovers how this culture of belonging is not just the product of the struggles of migration, but also tied to the reclamation of a noble and virtuous masculine identity that is inaccessible to Moroccan migrants in Italy.
 
The Voice of the Rural allows us to understand the contemporary experiences of migrant Moroccan men by examining their imagined relationship to the rural through sound, shedding new light on the urgent issues of migration and belonging.  
 
 

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Information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9780226818696
9780226816760
eBook ISBN
9780226818689
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Ethnomusicology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures and Tables
  7. List of Audio and Video Examples
  8. Notes on Names, Transliteration, and Accompanying Website
  9. Introduction
  10. chapter 1  The Engendering and the Othering of l-ʿarubi and l-ʿarubiya in Morocco
  11. chapter 2  The Voyage: Voicing l-ʿarubiya in the Crossing
  12. chapter 3  Spectral Guests, Marocchini, and “Real Men”
  13. chapter 4  Longing (ḥnin), Intimacy (rasi rasək), and Belonging (intima): Voicing l-ʿarubiya
  14. Conclusion: Returns
  15. Acknowledgments
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index

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