Dancing toward "La Mixite": Berber Associations and Cultural Change in Algeria

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1996

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Middle East Research and Information Project

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For Algerians "la mixite" -- a concept inadequately translated "mixed-sex behavior" -- encompasses a wide range of behaviors and assumptions about male-female interaction. Through dance, youth in Berber cultural associations in Algeria have begun to introduce new ways of thinking about both clan and gender relations.

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Algeria, anthropology, Berber people, dance, women, sex roles, sociology

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Goodman, Jane (1996). "Dancing toward 'La Mixite': Berber Associations and Cultural Change in Algeria." Middle East Report 200: 16-19.

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