We Share Walls: Language, Land, and Gender in Berber Morocco

by Katherine Hoffman

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.

Genres: Anthropology, Morocco

288 pages, Paperback

First published February 5, 2007

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author spent years with Moroccan women in various Berber villages in the same region where I'm serving as a Peace Corps volunteer. She outlines the ways women's connections (sometimes romanticized) to homeland keep Tashelheit culture and language alive. It has confirmed and given voice to my own observations of the women in this region, while broadening my outlook by allowing me a glimpse inside smaller, more rural villages. An invaluable find during my service in Morocco.

[KJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very dry but well-researched book. I very much appreciate her work on the subject.

[Sarah (Say) · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting ethnography, but it could have been about half as long.