Claret and Couscous
The Symbolic Townscape of a Moroccan Mountain Resort
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4488979 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Vincent (0000-0002-2641-1874), Barney Warf (0000-0002-4681-5286) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 594-606 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2005.tb00383.x |
| OpenAlex | W2100489562 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
an oddity. Visitors can be fooled into thinking they are somewhere in the foothills of the French Alps. The peaked, red-tiled roofs of the imposing villas look Alpine. Gardens are bedecked with flowering shrubs and ornamental trees reminiscent of Provence. But Ifrane is also a complex bundle of power relations, a window into the dynamics of colonial landscapes. Mediterranean cities in general have long formed a pastiche of Eastern and Western urbanity, blends of European and Islamic economies, values, and lifestyles (Ehlers 2001). Ifrane's intriguing townscape reflects the imprint of French colonial urban planning seventy years ago. The material and discursive inequalities erected then are still present. The town's geography is further complicated by the gulf between Arabs and Berbers in contemporary Moroccan society: The elite are no longer French colonials, they are Moroccan Arabs. Berbers, who constitute one-third of Morocco's population, have a long history of subjugation and resistance. Their marginalized status complicates the cultural decoding of Ifrane's landscape, revealing that in this case the formerly colonized-the Arabs-have been only too happy to take over the roles abandoned by their French foreign masters. In this essay we decode Ifrane's complex landscapes in light of contemporary postcolonial theory. We open with comments on the postcolonial turn, noting its Anglocentric bias, then turn to the historical context that underpins Ifrane's distinctive social segmentation, including Arab and French rule. Finally, we focus on
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| Highly cited | No |