Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930

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"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"--

subjects: Law, algeria,  Domestic relations,  Islamic law,  Muslims, africa,  Women, legal status, laws, etc.,  Algeria, history,  History,  Domestic relations (Islamic law),  Muslims,  Legal status, laws,  Women,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies