Burning the veil

The Algerian war and the 'emancipation' of Muslim women, 195462

By: Neil MacMaster

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Hardcover | 10 November 2009

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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.

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List of illustrations and tables	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xi
Glossary	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
From the Sétif Massacre to the November insurrection: the origins of the Algerian women's movement, 1945-54	p. 27
The origins of the emancipation campaign, November 1954 to May 1958	p. 68
Unveiling: the 'revolutionary journées' of 13 May 1958	p. 114
The propaganda offensive and the strategy of contact	p. 152
The Mouvement de solidarité féminine: army wives and domesticating the 'native'	p. 178
Military 'pacification' and the women of Bordj Okhriss	p. 209
The mobile socio-medical teams (EMSI): making contact with peasant society	p. 245
The battle over the personal status law of 1959	p. 271
The FLN and the role of women during the war	p. 315
From women's radical nationalism to the restoration of patriarchy (1959-62)	p. 348
The post-independence state and the conservative marginalisation of women	p. 369
Conclusion	p. 394
Bibliography	p. 402
Index	p. 407
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