Arab women in Algeria / edited and translated by Jacqueline Grenez Brovender; introduction by Denise Brahimi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Auclert, Hubertine, Author.

Brahimi, Denise, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Grenez Brovender, Jacqueline, editor.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Women, Arab--Algeria.

Women, Arab.

Feminism--Arabic Women In Algeria--Late 19th Century.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 87 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Warsaw, [Poland] ; Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter Open, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

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.

Contents:

Front matter

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 25, 2015).

ISBN:

9783110427363

3110427362

9783110410228

3110410222

OCLC:

912309551