The Architecture of Memory: A Jewish-Muslim Household in Colonial Algeria, 1937-1962
(Book #99 in the Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology Series)
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Recalling how they lived in a single house that was occupied by several Jewish and Muslim families, in the generation before Algerian independence, Joelle Bahloul's informants build up a multivocal micro-history of a way of life which came to an end in the early 1960s. Uprooted and dispersed, these former neighbours constantly refer back to the architecture of the house itself, which, with its internal boundaries and shared spaces, structures their...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521568927
ISBN13:9780521568920
Release Date:July 1996
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Related Subjects
Africa Algeria Anthropology Cultural History Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social SciencesCustomer Reviews
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