Judith Surkis

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

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Produktbeschreibung

During more than a century of colonial rule over Algeria, the French state shaped and reshaped the meaning and practice of Muslim law by regulating it and circumscribing it to the domain of family law, while applying the French Civil Code to appropriate the property of Algerians. In Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830â 1930, Judith...

Produktdetails

• Corpus Juris: the Humanities in Politics and Law
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 151mm x 229mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9781501739507
• ISBN-10: 1501739506
• Artikelnr.: 55896342

Autorenporträt

Judith Surkis is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She is author of Sexing the Citizen.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Bodies of French Algerian Law
2. Polygamy, Public Order, and Property
3. Making the "Muslim Family"
4. Civilization, the Civil Code, and "Child Marriage"
5. Special Murs and Military Exceptions
6. Conversion, Mixed Marriage, and the Corporealization of Law
7. The Sexual Politics of Legal Reform
8. Colonial Literature and Customary Law
Epilogue: Sex and the Centenary
Bibliography