nation, memory and gender in Algeria, 1954–2012
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Vince, Natalya
- Publish Year
- 2016
- Shelfmark
- NO 1E 2016 - B
- Thesaurus
- oorlog en vrede, dekolonisatie, militaire beroepen, biografische gegevens, Algerije, 1950-1999, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Between 1954 and 1962, Algerian women played a major role in the struggle to end French rule in this war of decolonisation. Exploration of what happened to these women after the independence in 1962. Based on oral history interviews with women who participated in the war in a wide range of roles, it explores how female veterans viewed the post-independence state and its discourses on 'the Algerian woman' in the fifty years following 1962.