Includes bibliographical references (295-324) and index.
Contents:
Bodies of French Algerian law -- Polygamy, public order, and property -- Making the "Muslim family" -- Civilization, the Civil Code, and "child marriage" -- Special m¿urs 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.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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