Interpretations of Islam : past and present / by Emmanuel Sivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sivan, Emmanuel

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography.

Arab countries--Historiography.

Arab countries.

French--Algeria.

French.

Algeria.

Physical Description:

x, 255 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Darwin Press, [1985]

Summary:

A collection of eight essays. Pp. 189-206, "Hating the Jew as an Arab" (not published previously), examines the popular negative image of the Jew and the Arab native in the eyes of the Pied Noirs (French settlers) in colonial Algeria. Discusses five stereotypic images - barbaric, impoverished, filthy, dishonest, and lecherous - expressed in popular literature, jokes, songs, and satiric feuilletons. The change in the Jews' civil and social status following the Crémieux Decree (1870) was highly resented. The settlers - including Spanish, Italian, and Maltese immigrants - were united in their hatred of Jews and Muslims, and in their belief in French cultural superiority. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acc.# 201909

Other Format:

Online version: Sivan, Emmanuel. Interpretations of Islam.

ISBN:

0878500499

9780878500499

OCLC:

11754588