Our Fighting Sisters - Nation, Memory and Gender in Algeria, 19542012

Informationen zum Autor Natalya Vince is Senior Lecturer in North African and French Studies at the University of Portsmouth Klappentext Between 1954 and 1962, Algerian women played a major role in the struggle to end French rule in one of the most violent wars of decolonisation of the twentieth century. Our Fighting Sisters is the first in-depth exploration of what happened to these women after independence in 1962. Zusammenfassung Between 1954 and 1962! Algerian women played a major role in the struggle to end French rule in one of the most violent wars of decolonisation of the twentieth century. Our Fighting Sisters is the first in-depth exploration of what happened to these women after independence in 1962. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Nationalist genealogies2. Heroines and victims, brothers and sisters3. 1962: Continuities and discontinuities4. Embodying the nation5. From national construction to new battles6. Being remembered and forgottenConclusionSelect bibliographyIndex

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• Authors: Natalya Vince, Vince Natalya
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9780719091070
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9107-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Africa / North, HISTORY / Women, 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, C 1945 To C 1960, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General