Barefoot Through Mauretania Contributor(s): Puigaudeau, Odette Du (Author), Stone, Caroline (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1843822016 ISBN-13: 9781843822011 Publisher: Hardinge Simpole Limited
Binding Type: Paperback Published: February 2010 Click for more in this series: Travellers in the Wider Levant |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - North - Biography & Autobiography - Travel | Africa - General |
Dewey: 916 |
Series: Travellers in the Wider Levant |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.86 lbs) 264 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - North Africa |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Odette du Puigaudeau is best known for her major ethnographic work, Arts et Coutumes des Maures, a detailed study, in words and drawings, of the cultural world of the nomads of Mauretania. The present work explains how she came to write it. Barefoot Through Mauretania is an account of her first journey across the country by camel in 1933-4, with her life-long companion, Marion S nones. The book records the adventures of the two women during that year, often with a touch of humour. Above all, however, it presents a picture of a way of life that has, as they feared, almost vanished, and their determination that it should be recorded. Odette du Puigaudeau wrote a number of other books on different aspects of nomad life, such as the salt caravans and date markets, as well as articles on prehistoric rock-drawings, and a charming tribute to her pet leopard, Rachid. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stone, Caroline: - "Caroline Stone was educated at Cambridge and the University of Kyoto, Japan. She has lived and worked largely in Rome and Seville, with periods in Tunisia and Saudi Arabia and Cambridge. Interests include textiles - with a book and several catalogues on Chinese export embroideries published in Spanish - and travel accounts, particularly those written by people who don't normally write books - the poor, women, slaves... Work in progress includes a cookery book and family history written for Syrian Christian friends in Kerala and an edition of letters written by a family connection: the composer, and suffragette Ethel Smyth." |
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