De la revendication kabyle à la revendication amazighe : d’une contestation locale à une revendication globale

The riots that bloodied Kabylie in the summer of 2001 are at least partly a continuation of the Berber Spring of April 1980, considered by many as the founding act of a Berber opposition. By these events, cultural and linguistic Kabyles demanded recognition for a Kabyle identity within an Algerian n...

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Main Author: Nassim Amrouche
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: CNRS Éditions 2009-10-01
Series:L’Année du Maghreb
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/anneemaghreb/553
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description The riots that bloodied Kabylie in the summer of 2001 are at least partly a continuation of the Berber Spring of April 1980, considered by many as the founding act of a Berber opposition. By these events, cultural and linguistic Kabyles demanded recognition for a Kabyle identity within an Algerian nation that represents itself is as Muslim and Arabic. Until 2001, Berber opposition used language as a challenge to the nation. The arouch, a “traditionalist” socio-political organization, invoking political representations of the tribe, mobilized support for the memory of the war of national liberation, the cornerstone of Algerian political discourse. The Kabyle political protest calls attention to local movements which are both broader and less visible. By creating and mobilizing historical references such as appealing to ethnic identity and sense of Tamazgha, these local disputes have garnered support and acquired a transnational dimension. Similarly, cultural and media representations, both literary and cinematographic, further explore the deeper social malaise evident in politics and the violence implicit in public expression.
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De la revendication kabyle à la revendication amazighe : d’une contestation locale à une revendication globale
L’Année du Maghreb
contestation
Algeria
Kabylie
arouch
amazighe identity
title De la revendication kabyle à la revendication amazighe : d’une contestation locale à une revendication globale
title_full De la revendication kabyle à la revendication amazighe : d’une contestation locale à une revendication globale
title_fullStr De la revendication kabyle à la revendication amazighe : d’une contestation locale à une revendication globale
title_full_unstemmed De la revendication kabyle à la revendication amazighe : d’une contestation locale à une revendication globale
title_short De la revendication kabyle à la revendication amazighe : d’une contestation locale à une revendication globale
title_sort de la revendication kabyle a la revendication amazighe d une contestation locale a une revendication globale
topic contestation
Algeria
Kabylie
arouch
amazighe identity
url https://journals.openedition.org/anneemaghreb/553
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