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

By Neil MacMaster

Book Overview

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.

• 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"