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Burning the Veil: The Algerian War and the 'Emancipation' of Muslim Women, 195462
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Full Title:
Burning the Veil: The Algerian War and the 'Emancipation' of Muslim Women, 195462
Contributors:
By (Author) Neil MacMaster
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Imprint:
Manchester University Press
Publication Date:
2nd July 2012
Country:
United Kingdom
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Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
432
Dimensions:
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
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. -- .
Author Bio
Neil MacMaster is Honorary Reader in the School of Political, Social and International Studies at the University of East Anglia
