03913oam 2200529 450 99655234980331620230621141101.01-5261-4618-510.7765/9781526146182(CKB)5400000000000436(ScCtBLL)5b85e6e5-479f-4802-bdc4-e8825da81a94(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33032(DE-B1597)659678(DE-B1597)9781526146182(EXLCZ)99540000000000043620210126h20202009 fy| 0engur||#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBurning the veil the Algerian war and the 'emancipation' of Muslim women, 1954-62 /Neil MacMasterManchester University Press2020Manchester, UK :Manchester University Press,2009.Manchester, UK :Manchester University Press,[2020]1 online resource (xvi, 416 pages) illustrations; digital file(s)First published: 2009; re-issued in paperback: 2012; published online: 2020.Print version (hardback): MacMaster, Neil. Burning the veil. Manchester, UK. : Manchester University Press, 2009 9780719074738 0719074738 Print version (paperback): MacMaster, Neil. Burning the veil. Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2012 9780719087547 0719087546 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- 1. From the Sétif massacre to the November insurrection: the origins of the Algerian women’s movement, 1945-54 -- 2. The origins of the emancipation campaign, November 1954 to May 1958 -- 3. Unveiling: the ‘revolutionary journées’ of 13 May 1958 -- 4. The propaganda offensive and the strategy of contact -- 5. The Mouvement de Solidarité Féminine: army wives and domesticating the ‘native’ -- 6. Military ‘pacification’ and the women of Bordj Okhriss -- 7. The Mobile Socio-Medical Teams (EMSI): making contact with peasant society.-- 8. The battle over the personal status law of 1959 -- 9. The FLN and the role of women during the war -- 10. From women’s radical nationalism to the restoration of patriarchy (1959-62) -- 11. The post-independence state and the conservative marginalisation of women -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.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 decolonisation. 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 Westernise 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.Algerian war and the 'emancipation' of Muslim women, 1954-62Muslim womenAlgeriaAlgeriaHistoryRevolution, 1954-1962ReligionIslamGeneralMuslim women965.046MacMaster Neil1945-935121ScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK996552349803316Burning the veil2105956UNISA