The book presents the first English edition of Hubertine Auclert's
Arab Women in Algeria which offers a unique picture of Algerian
society in late 19th century. Hubertine Auclert (1848-1914) was one
of the foremost militants for women's political rights in France
from the mid-1870s. She lived in Algeria from 1888 to 1892, where
she investigated the customs and traditions that defined the
condition of women. She witnessed both the exploitation of women
and that of the colonized people; in doing so, she drew a picture
of colonial Algerian society. While women were mistreated by men
(sale of prepubescent girls into marriage, forced marriage,
repudiation permitted only to men, polygamy), Arab men were
mistreated by the colonial administration and excluded from the
government of Algeria. She denounced the contradictions and
hypocrisy of French justice, which often enforced, for their own
interest, the "anomalies" of Muslim law in contradiction with
French law. The last chapter of the book comprises of several
striking anecdotes that illustrate the author's theoretical views.
Jacqueline Grenez Brovender is a freelance translator and a former
lecturer in French at Tufts University. Denise Brahimi-Chapuis
taught in French and Algerian universities about the relationship
between France and the Maghreb and its effect on women.
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