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Surkis, Judith,

Sex, law, and sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930 / Judith Surkis. - 1 online resource - Corpus juris : the humanities in politics and law . - Corpus juris (Ithaca, N.Y.) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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"--

ISBN: 9781501739521 (electronic book) 1501739522 (electronic book) 9781501739514 (electronic book) 1501739514 (electronic book) (hardcover)

Source: 22573/ctvfb99j0 JSTOR

LCCN: 2019011011

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1830-1962

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Islamic law--History.--Algeria
Domestic relations (Islamic law)--History.--Algeria
Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--Algeria
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--Algeria
Droit islamique--Histoire.--Algérie
HISTORY--Europe--France.
Domestic relations (Islamic law)
Islamic law.
Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Algeria--History--1830-1962.
Algeria.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: KQG469 / .S87 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 349.6509/034