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Author Surkis, Judith, author.

Title Sex, law, and sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930 / Judith Surkis
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource
Series Corpus juris : the humanities in politics and law
Corpus juris (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Contents Bodies of French Algerian law -- Polygamy, public order, and property -- Making the "Muslim family" -- Civilization, the Civil Code, and "child marriage" -- Special mœurs 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
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"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis Sovereignty, Colonial Law, Algeria, Secularism, Fantasy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 21, 2019)
Subject Islamic law -- Algeria -- History
Domestic relations (Islamic law) -- Algeria -- History
Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Algeria -- History
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Algeria -- History
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
Domestic relations (Islamic law)
Islamic law
Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
SUBJECT Algeria -- History -- 1830-1962. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003460
Subject Algeria
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019011011
ISBN 9781501739521
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9781501739514
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