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

by Neil MacMaster

Book Overview

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 decolonisation. The claimed French liberation was contradicted by the violence inflicted on women through rape, torture and destruction of villages. This book examines the roots of this contradiction in the theory of 'revolutionary warfare', and the attempt...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719087546
• ISBN13: 9780719087547
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"