The Voice of the Rural: Music, Poetry, and Masculinity among Migrant Moroccan Men in Umbria Ciucci Alessandra
The Voice of the Rural: Music, Poetry, and Masculinity among Migrant Moroccan Men in Umbria Ciucci Alessandra A moving portrait of the contemporary experiences of migrant Moroccan men.Umbria is known…
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The Voice of the Rural: Music, Poetry, and Masculinity among Migrant Moroccan Men in Umbria Ciucci Alessandra
A moving portrait of the contemporary experiences of migrant Moroccan men.Umbria is known to most Americans for its picturesque rolling hills and medieval villages, but to the many migrant Moroccan men who travel there, Umbria is better known for the tobacco fields, construction sites, small industries, and the outdoor weekly markets where they work. In this book, Alessandra Ciucci takes us inside the lives of Moroccan workers, unpacking the way they share a particular musical style of the rural to create a sense of home and belonging in a foreign and inhospitable nation. Marginalized and far from their homes, these men turn to Moroccan traditions of music and poetry that evoke the countryside they have left-- l-'arubiya, or the rural.
Along the way, she uncovers how this culture of belonging is not just the product of the struggles of migration, but also tied to the