Paperback / softback | |
June 7, 2024 | |
9781603296632 | |
French | |
English | |
308 | |
8.50 Inches (US) | |
5.50 Inches (US) | |
$35.00 USD, £26.00 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Le sacrifice des vaches noires, critical edition
Une histoire marocaine
By Moha Layid Edited by Paul A. Silverstein
An acclaimed Moroccan novel about resisting colonialism and environmental destruction
An oasis community in Morocco hopes to stop a devastating drought by sacrificing black cows to satisfy the spirits. But the wise elder Bassou secretly plans a different solution: to sabotage the motorized pumps that have lowered the water table and nearly destroyed the subsistence farming and herding that support the local way of life. The young newlywed Yidir agrees to help him and eventually becomes a part of the broader fight for Moroccan independence from French colonial rule.
Portraying an indigenous community undergoing radical change, Le sacrifice de vaches noires reflects on notions of modernity and tradition, science and spirituality, free will and fate, and considers the moral obligations of individuals and community. First published in French in 1992, the novel received international acclaim and is regarded as the single best work about Amazigh culture in southeastern Morocco. It was adapted into the award-winning film Atash (Thirst) by the Moroccan director Saâd Chraïbi in 2000.
An oasis community in Morocco hopes to stop a devastating drought by sacrificing black cows to satisfy the spirits. But the wise elder Bassou secretly plans a different solution: to sabotage the motorized pumps that have lowered the water table and nearly destroyed the subsistence farming and herding that support the local way of life. The young newlywed Yidir agrees to help him and eventually becomes a part of the broader fight for Moroccan independence from French colonial rule.
Portraying an indigenous community undergoing radical change, Le sacrifice de vaches noires reflects on notions of modernity and tradition, science and spirituality, free will and fate, and considers the moral obligations of individuals and community. First published in French in 1992, the novel received international acclaim and is regarded as the single best work about Amazigh culture in southeastern Morocco. It was adapted into the award-winning film Atash (Thirst) by the Moroccan director Saâd Chraïbi in 2000.
About the Authors
Moha Layid (1945–95) was a novelist, military officer, and legal scholar. Born in the Gardmit qsar near Tinejdad in southeastern Morocco, Layid left home at seventeen and became a schoolteacher in Tetouan and later a decorated military officer in the Moroccan Royal Guard and Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie. He received advanced degrees in military law from the Université Mohammed V de Rabat and the Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas and was named a chevalier of the Order of the Throne by King Hassan II in 1989.
Modern Language Association of America | |
MLA Texts and Translations | |
critical edition | |
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Paperback / softback | |
June 7, 2024 | |
9781603296632 | |
French | |
English | |
308 | |
8.50 Inches (US) | |
5.50 Inches (US) | |
$35.00 USD, £26.00 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Other Titles by Moha Layid
The Sacrifice of Black Cows, critical edition
Moha Layid. Edited and translated by Paul A. Silverstein.
Jun 2024
- Modern Language Association of America
$35.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
Other Titles by Paul A. Silverstein
The Sacrifice of Black Cows, critical edition
Moha Layid. Edited and translated by Paul A. Silverstein.
Jun 2024
- Modern Language Association of America
$35.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa
edited by Sherine Hafez, Susan Slyomovics, with contributions by Jon W. Anderson, Paul A. Silverstein, Nefissa Naguib, Susanne Dahlgren, Cortney L. Hughes, Emilio Spadola, Suad Joseph, Dawn Chatty, Sondra Hale, Kim Shively, Lara Deeb, C...
Jun 2013
- Indiana University Press
$85.00 USD
- Hardback
$30.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
Encountering Morocco
edited by David Crawford, Rachel Newcomb, afterword by Kevin Dwyer, with contributions by Kevin Dwyer, David McMurray, Katherine E. Hoffman, Paul A. Silverstein, Emilio Spadola, Jamila Bargach, Charlotte van den Hout
May 2013
- Indiana University Press
$28.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
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Mi madre, mi maestra, critical edition
Bahia Mahmud Awah. Edited by Dorothy Odartey-Wellington.
May 2024
- Modern Language Association of America
$25.00 USD
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My Mother, My Teacher, critical edition
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May 2024
- Modern Language Association of America
$25.00 USD
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A Century of Queer Korean Fiction, critical edition
edited and translated by Samuel Perry
Dec 2023
- Modern Language Association of America
$40.00 USD
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May 2024
- Georgetown University Press
$19.95 USD
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- University of New Orleans Press
$18.95 USD
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