Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930 /

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"By demonstrating how the French colonial construction of Muslim law was progressively detached from land and bound to the bodies of Algerian persons and their families, this book elucidates how and why "the Muslim question" became a sexual question--and why it remains one, still toda...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Surkis, Judith (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Muslims > Legal status, laws, etc.
Islamic law.
Domestic relations (Islamic law)
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Droit islamique > Algerie > Histoire.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Algeria > History.
Muslims > Legal status, laws, etc. > Algeria > History.
Domestic relations (Islamic law) > Algeria > History.
Islamic law > Algeria > History.
Algeria.
Algeria > History > 1830-1962.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Bodies of French Algerian law
  • Polygamy, public order, and property
  • Making the "Muslim family"
  • Civilization, the Civil Code, and "child marriage"
  • Special moeurs and military exceptions
  • Conversion, mixed marriage, and the corporealization of law
  • The sexual politics of legal reform
  • Colonial literature and customary law
  • Epilogue : sex and the centenary.

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