The history of Algerian Jews has thus far been viewed from the
perspective of communities on the northern coast, who became, to
some extent, beneficiaries of colonialism. But to the south, in the
Sahara, Jews faced a harsher colonial treatment. In Saharan Jews
and the Fate of French Algeria, Sarah Abrevaya Stein asks why the
Jews of Algeria's south were marginalized by French authorities,
how they negotiated the sometimes brutal results, and what the
reverberations have been in the postcolonial era. Drawing on
materials from thirty archives across six countries, Stein tells
the story of colonial imposition on a desert community that had
lived and traveled in the Sahara for centuries. She paints an
intriguing historical picture-of an ancient community,
trans-Saharan commerce, desert labor camps during World War II,
anthropologist spies, battles over oil, and the struggle for
Algerian sovereignty. Writing colonialism and decolonization into
Jewish history and Jews into the French Saharan one, Saharan Jews
and the Fate of French Algeria is a fascinating exploration not of
Jewish exceptionalism but of colonial power and its religious and
cultural differentiations, which have indelibly shaped the modern
world.
General
Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2014 |
First published: |
May 2014 |
Authors: |
Sarah Abrevaya Stein
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Dimensions: |
229 x 163 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-12374-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-226-12374-X |
Barcode: |
9780226123745 |
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