Burning the Veil

Burning the Veil
Author: Neil McMaster
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2012-05-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780719087547


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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. This book examines the roots of this contradiction in the theory of "revolutionary warfare", and the attempt to defeat the National Liberation Front by penetrating the Muslim family, seen as a bastion of resistance. Striking parallels with contemporary Afghanistan and Iraq, French "emancipation" produced a backlash that led to deterioration in the social and political position of Muslim women. This analysis of how and why attempts to Westernize Muslim women ended in catastrophe has contemporary relevance and will be important to students and academics engaged in the study of French and colonial history, feminism, and contemporary Islam.


Burning the Veil
Language: en
Pages: 432
Authors: Neil McMaster
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-15 - Publisher: Manchester University Press

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Burning the Veil draws upon sources from newly-opened archives, exploring the "emancipation" of Muslim women from the veil, seclusion and perceived male oppress
Burning the veil
Language: en
Pages: 433
Authors: Neil MacMaster
Categories: Religion
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