Torture and the Twilight of Empire

From Algiers to Baghdad

By:

Marnia Lazreg

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity

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Torture and the Twilight of Empire looks at the intimate relationship between torture and colonial domination through a close examination of the French army's coercive tactics during the Algerian war from 1954 to 1962. By tracing the psychological, cultural, and political meanings of torture at the end of the French empire, Marnia Lazreg also sheds

Author Biography:

Marnia Lazreg is professor of sociology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her books include The Eloquence of Silence: Algerian Women in Question.

Release date NZ

December 13th, 2016

Author

Marnia Lazreg

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

368

Series

Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity

Dimensions

152x235x20

ISBN-13

9780691173481

Product ID

25237747

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