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Breaking the Silence

French Women’s Voices from the Ghetto

By: Fadela Amara,Sylvia Zappi

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Breaking the Silence

French Women’s Voices from the Ghetto

By: Fadela Amara,Sylvia Zappi

The translation of Breaking the Silence allows us, finally, to listen directly to the voices of Muslim women in France. Fadela Amara's book is at once autobiography, an analysis of the degradation of male-female relations in France's working-class suburbs, and an engrossing chronicle of a political movement. Helen Chenut's deft translation and comprehensive introduction shows us complex universe inhabited by young women of North African descent in contemporary France."—Susanna Barrows, author of Drinking: Behavior and Belief in Modern History "This book delivers a timely and evocative corrective to stereotypes of Muslim women. Amara discusses with sensitivity the complex gender position of Muslim women in a Western European country in which the conflict between liberal republican ideals and cultural norms has had particularly violent consequences for women. Chenut's fine translation brings Amara's words to life and her excellent introduction places the Muslim women's movement in the context of the racial and cultural tensions that plague France's banlieues today."—Laura Levine Frader, co-editor, Gender and Class in Modern Europe

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0520246217

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9780520246218

Breaking the Silence

French Women's Voices from the Ghetto

By: Fadela Amara,Sylvia Zappi

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Breaking the Silence

French Women's Voices from the Ghetto

By: Fadela Amara,Sylvia Zappi

The translation of Breaking the Silence allows us, finally, to listen directly to the voices of Muslim women in France. Fadela Amara's book is at once autobiography, an analysis of the degradation of male-female relations in France's working-class suburbs, and an engrossing chronicle of a political movement. Helen Chenut's deft translation and comprehensive introduction shows us complex universe inhabited by young women of North African descent in contemporary France."--Susanna Barrows, author of Drinking: Behavior and Belief in Modern History "This book delivers a timely and evocative corrective to stereotypes of Muslim women. Amara discusses with sensitivity the complex gender position of Muslim women in a Western European country in which the conflict between liberal republican ideals and cultural norms has had particularly violent consequences for women. Chenut's fine translation brings Amara's words to life and her excellent introduction places the Muslim women's movement in the context of the racial and cultural tensions that plague France's banlieues today."--Laura Levine Frader, co-editor, Gender and Class in Modern Europe

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0520246209

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9780520246201

Breaking the Silence

French Women’s Voices from the Ghetto

By: Fadela Amara,Sylvia Zappi

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French Women’s Voices from the Ghetto

By: Fadela Amara,Sylvia Zappi

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Univ of California Press

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0520246217

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9780520246218

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