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Burning the Veil: The Algerian War and the 'Emancipation' of Muslim Women, 1954-62 (Politics, Culture & Society in)
Burning the Veil The Algerian War and the 'Emancipation' of Muslim Women 195462 - Politics, Culture & Society in
Author: Neil MacMaster
Burning the Veil draws upon sources from newly-opened archives, exploring the "emancipation" of Muslim women from the veil, seclusion and perceived male oppression during the Algerian War of decolonization. The claimed French liberation was contradicted by the violence inflicted on women through rape, torture and destruction of villages. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780719074738
ISBN-10: 0719074738
Publication Date: 1/15/2010
Pages: 432
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Publisher: Manchester University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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