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Burning the Veil

- The Algerian War and the 'Emancipation' of Muslim Women, 1954-62

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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. -- .

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780719087547
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 432
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. juni 2012
  • Størrelse:
  • 158x234x24 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 652 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 9. december 2024

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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. -- .

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