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Imperial Identities: Stereotyping, Prejudice and Race in Colonial Algeria

By Patricia M. E. Lorcin

Book information

Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Year
1995
ISBN
1850439095, 9781850439097
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19851140 bytes)
Pages
323\197
Topic
History
Time added
2020-04-17 21:59:27
algeria

Description

Using colonial Algeria as the starting point of her analysis, Patricia Lorcin explores the manner in which ethnic categories and cultural distinctions are developed and used in society. She focuses on the colonial images of "good" Kabyle and "bad" Arab (usually referred to as the Kabyle Myth) and examines the circumstances out of which they arose, as well as the intellectual and ideological influences which shaped them. Her study demonstrates how these images were used to negate the underlying beliefs and values of the dominated society and to impose French cultural, social and political values. By tracing the evolution of ethnic categories over time, Lorcin reveals their inherently unstable nature and the continual process of redefinition in accordance with circumstance and political or social expediency.

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