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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Surkis, Judith (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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 today"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (354 pages).
ISBN:9781501739514

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