Nomads of Mauritania

Download or read book Nomads of Mauritania written by Diane Himpan Sabatier and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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?