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Arab Women in Algeria / Hubertine Auclert.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Warsaw ; Berlin : De Gruyter Open Poland, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110410228
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 305.409 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1791.5 .A9313 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction by Denise Brahimi -- Arab Women in Algeria -- 1 Women, Arabs, and Assimilation -- 2 Women, Men, and the Arab Family -- 3 What Arab Women Say about Love -- 4 Arts, Crafts, and the Education of Arab Women -- 5 Arab Customs and Beliefs -- 6 Some Aspects of Life in Algeria -- 7 Arabs and Settlers -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The book presents the first English edition of Hubertine Auclert's Arab Women in Algeria which offers a unique picture of Algerian society in late 19th century. Hubertine Auclert (1848-1914) was one of the foremost militants for women's political rights in France from the mid-1870s. She lived in Algeria from 1888 to 1892, where she investigated the customs and traditions that defined the condition of women. She witnessed both the exploitation of women and that of the colonized people; in doing so, she drew a picture of colonial Algerian society. While women were mistreated by men (sale of prepubescent girls into marriage, forced marriage, repudiation permitted only to men, polygamy), Arab men were mistreated by the colonial administration and excluded from the government of Algeria. She denounced the contradictions and hypocrisy of French justice, which often enforced, for their own interest, the "anomalies" of Muslim law in contradiction with French law.The last chapter of the book comprises of several striking anecdotes that illustrate the author's theoretical views. Jacqueline Grenez Brovender is a freelance translator and a former lecturer in French at Tufts University. Denise Brahimi-Chapuis taught in French and Algerian universities about the relationship between France and the Maghreb and its effect on women.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction by Denise Brahimi -- Arab Women in Algeria -- 1 Women, Arabs, and Assimilation -- 2 Women, Men, and the Arab Family -- 3 What Arab Women Say about Love -- 4 Arts, Crafts, and the Education of Arab Women -- 5 Arab Customs and Beliefs -- 6 Some Aspects of Life in Algeria -- 7 Arabs and Settlers -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

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The book presents the first English edition of Hubertine Auclert's Arab Women in Algeria which offers a unique picture of Algerian society in late 19th century. Hubertine Auclert (1848-1914) was one of the foremost militants for women's political rights in France from the mid-1870s. She lived in Algeria from 1888 to 1892, where she investigated the customs and traditions that defined the condition of women. She witnessed both the exploitation of women and that of the colonized people; in doing so, she drew a picture of colonial Algerian society. While women were mistreated by men (sale of prepubescent girls into marriage, forced marriage, repudiation permitted only to men, polygamy), Arab men were mistreated by the colonial administration and excluded from the government of Algeria. She denounced the contradictions and hypocrisy of French justice, which often enforced, for their own interest, the "anomalies" of Muslim law in contradiction with French law.The last chapter of the book comprises of several striking anecdotes that illustrate the author's theoretical views. Jacqueline Grenez Brovender is a freelance translator and a former lecturer in French at Tufts University. Denise Brahimi-Chapuis taught in French and Algerian universities about the relationship between France and the Maghreb and its effect on women.

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