Algeriet

Algeria Cuts discusses the figure of woman, both under colonial rule in Algeria and within the postcolonial independent nation-state. It is an interdisciplinary project that spans …

Refugee camps are typically perceived as militarized and patriarchalspaces, and yet the Sahrawi refugee camps and their inhabitantshave consistently been represented as ideal in …

Walls of Algiers examines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Algiers, the "Bulwark of Islam," into "Alger la blanche," the colonial urban showpiece - and, after the …

One would think that being thrown into a North African prison in leg-irons might be an exception to the adage that comedians can find the humor in anything. One would be wrong. …

Decolonizing Christianity traces the dramatic transformation of Christianity from its position as the moral foundation of European imperialism to its role as a radical voice of …

"e;[A] searing story of France's attempt to colonize the vast Sahara desert and of two unforgettable men who dedicated their lives to the effort."e; -Rob Mitchell, The …

This work addresses French and indigenous elements in Algerian history since colonization: land reform and modernization under French rule, the pressures to which both communities …

Invaded in 1830, populated by one million settlers who co-existed uneasily with nine million Arabs and Berbers , Algeria was different from other French colonies because it was …

This is a cohesive collection that brings together the most recent and innovative scholarship on the subject of memory and identity in the France-Algeria colonial and postcolonial …

`Settler societies' are those in which Europeans have settled and become politically dominant over indigenous people, and where a heterogenous society has developed in class, …