Burning the veil : : the Algerian war and the 'emancipation' of Muslim women, 1954-62 / / Neil MacMaster.

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 rap...

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Place / Publishing House:Manchester, UK : : Manchester University Press,, 2009.
Manchester, UK : : Manchester University Press,, [2020]
Year of Publication:2020
2009
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 416 pages) :; illustrations; digital file(s).
Notes:First published: 2009; re-issued in paperback: 2012; published online: 2020.
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