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摘要
种族主义是一种祸害,任何社会或社区都无法幸免。摩洛哥社会在应对北非复杂的奴隶制和种族化历史遗留问题方面也不例外。尽管社会科学家对摩洛哥的种族研究给予了大量的学术关注,但他们并没有考虑到阿马齐格语言对种族和种族主义的丰富记录和努力。人种学研究工作已经出现,用于解释 Imazighen 和 isuqiyn(黑人)或 Haratines 之间的种族动态,但这些重要的干预措施不足以研究 Tamazight 语的原始资料,从而解释阿马齐格社区如何在公共领域公开协商种族主义。本文从阿马齐格黑人诗人姆巴克-本-扎伊达(Mbark u-Ms'ud Ben Zayda)的经历出发,说明种族主义在讲阿马齐格语的摩洛哥过去和现在都没有被完全压制。事实上,阿马齐格语言的资料和术语显示,在这种社会环境中的诗歌表演不仅没有压制种族主义,反而积极应对其多层面的问题。文章采用细读的方法,解读了 Ben Zayda 的部分诗歌及其对同时代明显种族化作品的回应。
The Absent Dimension: Anti-Racism in Mbark Ben Zayda's Amazigh Poetics
Racism is a scourge that has not spared any society or community. Moroccan society is not different in its grappling with the legacy of the complex history of slavery and racialization in North Africa. Although social scientists have dedicated much scholarly attention to the study of race in Morocco, they have not accounted for Amazigh language's rich documentation of and grappling with race and racism. Ethnographic work has emerged to explain racial dynamics between Imazighen and isuqiyn (Blacks) or Haratines, but these crucial interventions fall short of examining primary sources in Tamazight to explain how Amazigh communities negotiated racism openly in the public sphere. This article draws on the experience of the Black Amazigh poet Mbark u-Ms‘ud Ben Zayda to demonstrate that racism was not, and is not, entirely silenced in Amazigh-speaking Morocco. In fact, Amazigh sources and terminology reveal that poetic performances in this social environment have not only unsilenced racism but actively grappled with its multilayered dimensions. Adopting a close reading methodology, the article interprets portions of Ben Zayda's poetry and its response to the explicitly racializing compositions of his contemporaries.