false 164108 0 0 977370 0415907314 9780415907316 1 <![CDATA[The Eloquence of Silence: Algerian Women in Question]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179953271m/977370.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179953271s/977370.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/977370.The_Eloquence_of_Silence_Algerian_Women_in_Question 4.00 3 Covering both pre-colonial and colonial eras as well as the independence period, this book focuses on the changes that took place in family structure and law, customs, education, and the war of decolonization as they affected gender relations. Marnia Lazreg approaches the post-colonial era through an examination of how Algeria's model of economic development, structural adjustment policies, and the rise of religious-political opposition affected women's lives.

]]> 164108 4.00 5 2 1994 1938249 069113135X 9780691131351 1 <![CDATA[Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190593400m/1938249.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190593400s/1938249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1938249.Torture_and_the_Twilight_of_Empire_From_Algiers_to_Baghdad 4.00 2 Torture and the Twilight of Empire looks at the intimate relationship between torture and colonial domination through a close examination of the French army's coercive tactics during the Algerian war of 1954-1962. By tracing the psychological, cultural, and political meanings of torture at the end of the French empire, Marnia Lazreg also sheds new light on the United States and its recourse to torture in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This book is nothing less than an anatomy of torture--its methods, justifications, functions, and consequences. Drawing extensively from archives, confessions by former torturers, interviews with former soldiers, and war diaries, as well as writings by Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, and others, Lazreg argues that occupying nations justify their systematic use of torture as a regrettable but necessary means of saving Western civilization from those who challenge their rule. She shows how torture was central to guerre révolutionnaire, a French theory of modern warfare that called for total war against the subject population and which informed a pacification strategy founded on brutal psychological techniques borrowed from totalitarian movements. Lazreg seeks to understand torture's impact on the Algerian population--especially women--and also on the French troops who became their torturers. She explores the roles Christianity and Islam played in rationalizing these acts, and the ways in which torture became not only routine--but even acceptable.

Written by a preeminent historical sociologist, Torture and the Twilight of Empire holds particularly disturbing lessons for us today as we carry out the War on Terror.

]]> 164108 4.00 5 2 2007 6833681 0691138184 9780691138183 0 <![CDATA[Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim Women]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6833681-questioning-the-veil 0.0 0 Across much of the world today, Muslim women of all ages are increasingly turning to wearing the veil. Is this trend a sign of rising piety or a way of asserting Muslim pride? And does the veil really provide women freedom from sexual harassment? Written in the form of letters addressing all those interested in this issue, Questioning the Veil examines the inconsistent and inadequate reasons given for the veil, and points to the dangers and limitations of this highly questionable cultural practice. Marnia Lazreg, a preeminent authority in Middle East women's studies, combines her own experiences growing up in a Muslim family in Algeria with interviews and the real-life stories of other Muslim women to produce this nuanced argument for doing away with the veil.

Lazreg stresses that the veil is not included in the five pillars of Islam, asks whether piety sufficiently justifies veiling, explores the adverse psychological effects of the practice on the wearer and those around her, and pays special attention to the negative impact of veiling for young girls. Lazreg's provocative findings indicate that far from being spontaneous, the trend toward wearing the veil has been driven by an organized and growing campaign that includes literature, DVDs, YouTube videos, and courses designed by some Muslim men to teach women about their presumed rights under the veil.

An incisive mix of the personal and political, supported by meticulous research, Questioning the Veil will compel all readers to reconsider their views of this controversial and sensitive topic.

]]> 164108 4.00 5 2 2009 7040922 1400830923 9781400830923 0 <![CDATA[Questioning the Veil]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7040922-questioning-the-veil 0.0 0 164108 4.00 5 2 2009 3280837 0891581073 9780891581079 0 <![CDATA[The emergence of classes in Algeria: A study of colonialism and socio-political change (Westview special studies in social, political, and economic development)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3280837.The_emergence_of_classes_in_Algeria_A_study_of_colonialism_and_socio_political_change 0.0 0 164108 4.00 5 2 1976 3280836 0821346628 9780821346624 0 <![CDATA[Making the Transition Work for Women in Europe and Central Asia]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3280836.Making_the_Transition_Work_for_Women_in_Europe_and_Central_Asia 0.0 0 164108 4.00 5 2 2000 282246 0415907306 9780415907309 0 <![CDATA[The Eloquence of Silence]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/282246.The_Eloquence_of_Silence 0.0 0 The Eloquence of Silence provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of gender relations in Algeria from the pre-colonial era to the present. By tracing the changes in women's roles, Marnia Lazreg illuminates the achievements as well as the setbacks that characterize women's lives in contemporary Africa and makes an important contribution to ongoing feminist debates about how to conceptualize the experience of women whose history, culture and nationality are "different."

Using an interdisciplinary approach, the book marks a major departure from more traditional studies of Algerian women which usually examine female roles in relation to Islam. Lazreg argues that Algerian women's roles are shaped by a variety of structural and symbolic factors including colonial domination, demographic change, nationalism, socialist development policy of the 1960s and '70s, family formation and the progressive shift to a capitalist economy. Special attention is given to the rise of fundamentalism and its impact on gender relations.

Covering both pre-colonial and colonial eras as well as the independence period, this book focuses on the changes that took place in family structure and law, customs, education and the war of decolonization. Lazreg approaches the post-colonial era through an examination of how Algeria's model of economic development, structural adjustment policies and the rise of religious-political opposition affected women.

The Eloquence of Silence provides valuable insight into the interface between gender, culture, politics and development. It will undoubtedly make a major contribution to the existing literature in feminist studies, sociology and provide an innovative intervention in the ongoing discussions about the question of difference.

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