Concepts of identity are complex and changing, and in this book Katherine Hoffman examines images of individuals and families from ancient Egypt to the present--more than two thirds of the book covers the twentieth century. Through a comprehensive study of paintings, sculpture, photography, film, television, and other media, Hoffman provides eye-opening insights on the identity of family and self through time and explores what these images say about the attitudes and values of a particular culture.Concepts of identity and self as individuals and families are complex and changing, but images...

We Share Walls: Language, Land, and Gender in Berber Morocco explores how political economic shifts over the last century have reshaped the language practices and ideologies of women (and men) in the plains and mountains of rural Morocco.

• Offers a unique and richly textured ethnography of language maintenance and shift as well as language and place-making among an overlooked Muslim group
• Examines how Moroccan Berbers use language to integrate into the Arab-speaking world and retain their own distinct identity
• Illuminates the intriguing semiotic and...

We Share Walls: Language, Land, and Gender in Berber Morocco explores how political economic shifts over the last century have reshaped the language practices and ideologies of women (and men) in the plains and mountains of rural Morocco.

• Offers a unique and richly textured ethnography of language maintenance and shift as well as language and place-making among an overlooked Muslim group
• Examines how Moroccan Berbers use language to integrate into the Arab-speaking world and retain their own distinct identity
• Illuminates the intriguing semiotic and...