Moroccan Culture in the 21st Century: Globalization, Challenges & Prospects

What does Moroccan culture mean to a group of Moroccan academics at this decisive conjuncture and turning point of the 21st Century characterised by the advent and the shaking impact of the Arab Spring? How does culture, broken down in terms of intergenerational values, cultural identity related to language, language behaviour, socio-political debate, the meaning of space and place, and the meaning of ancient festivals fare in today’s Moroccan socio-cultural and socio-political contexts? Marrying theory and fieldwork, the authors in the six chapters that constitute the present book volume have tackled the above themes insightfully and discussed them by using in-depth analysis and investigation. They have given a firsthand, autochthonous account of aspects of Moroccan culture in the wake of the recent and still reverberating events that have swept across much of North Africa and part of the Middle East.