Burning the Veil : The Algerian War and the Emancipation of - Muslim Women 1954 1962

Informationen zum Autor Neil MacMaster is an Honorary Reader in the school of Political, Social and International Studies at the University of East Anglia Klappentext During the Algerian War the French army engaged in the 'emancipation' of Muslim women, to subvert the nationalist movement while inflicting widespread violence. This contradictory, catastrophic policy, as in contemporary Afghanistan and Iraq, revealed the failure of imposed Westernisation and triggered an Islamist backlash against women's rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. From the Sétif massacre to the November insurrection: the origins of the Algerian women's movement, 1945-54 2. The origins of the emancipation campaign, November 1954 to May 1958. 3. Unveiling: the 'revolutionary journées' of 13 May 1958 4. The propaganda offensive and the strategy of contact 5. The Mouvement de Solidarité Féminine: army wives and domesticating the 'native'. 6. Military 'pacification' and the women of Bordj Okhriss 7. The Mobile Socio-Medical Teams (EMSI): making contact with peasant society. 8. The battle over the personal status law of 1959. 9. The FLN and the role of women during the war 10. From women's radical nationalism to the restoration of patriarchy (1959-62). 11. The post-independence state and the conservative marginalisation of women Conclusion Bibliography Index...

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• Authors: Neil Macmaster, MacMaster Neil, Neil McMaster
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2012
• EAN: 9780719087547
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8754-7
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Africa / North, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, HISTORY / Women, Islamic Studies, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, Algeria, African History, Gender studies: women, c 1960 to c 1969, Modern warfare, Gender studies: women and girls, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, C 1945 To C 1960, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, National liberation and independence, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Islamic