{"product_id":"the-eloquence-of-silence-algerian-women-in-question-paperback","title":"The Eloquence of Silence: Algerian Women in Question - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarnia Lazreg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Eloquence of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1994, is considered a seminal text in the scholarship of women and North Africa. Marnia Lazreg\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emakes a critical departure from more traditional studies of Algerian women, which usually examine female roles in relation to Islam - and instead takes an interdisciplinary approach, arguing that Algerian women's roles are shaped by a variety of structural and symbolic factors. These include colonial domination, demographic change, nationalism, family formation, the turn to culturalism, and the progressive shift to a capitalist economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in archival research supplemented by interviews, and adopting a historico-critical method, the book identifies and examines the significance of an enduring feature of women's journey: their instrumental use as tropes in struggles between groups of men opposed to one another during political crises. It demonstrates that despite being central to contentious political issues, women's needs and aspirations were obscured just as their voices have traditionally been silenced. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition is thoroughly updated throughout to connect the original material to major political disruptions in the twenty-first century, such as the 9\/11 attacks on New York and events around the \"Arab Spring.\" The book foregrounds women's determination to forge ahead, as well as their activism, which led to progress in fighting rape and other forms of violence made banal in the wake of the civil war (1992-2002). It also calls for a \"decolonization\" of concepts and theoretical systems used in accounting for women's lived reality, and a questioning of facile postfeminist discourses in their manifold expressions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarnia Lazreg is Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, CUNY, USA. Her research interests span constructions of otherness, colonial history, cultural movements, international development, women in the Middle East and North Africa, and postmodernist social theory. She has lectured extensively around the world and participated in radio and television programs. Her most recent publications include \u003ci\u003eFoucault's Orient: The Conundrum of Cultural Difference, From Tunisia to Japan\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003eQuestioning the Veil\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eOpen Letters to Muslim Women \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), and \u003ci\u003eTorture and The Twilight of Empire: Form Algiers to Baghdad \u003c\/i\u003e(2017). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127578693767,"sku":"9781138293281","price":93.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bba8007caedbe3cc8eab97c6b298af56.webp?v=1732589440","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-eloquence-of-silence-algerian-women-in-question-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}