Imperial Identities: Stereotyping, Prejudice and Race in Colonial AlgeriaUsing colonial Algeria as the starting point of her analysis, Patricia Lorcin explores the manner in which ethnic categories and cultural distinctions are developed and used in society. She focuses on the colonial images of "good" Kabyle and "bad" Arab (usually referred to as the Kabyle Myth) and examines the circumstances out of which they arose, as well as the intellectual and ideological influences which shaped them. Her study demonstrates how these images were used to negate the underlying beliefs and values of the dominated society and to impose French cultural, social and political values. By tracing the evolution of ethnic categories over time, Lorcin reveals their inherently unstable nature and the continual process of redefinition in accordance with circumstance and political or social expediency. |
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Contents
Kabyles and Arabs in warfare | 17 |
the elaboration | 35 |
Islam and society | 53 |
The Royaume Arabe 18601870 | 76 |
Social sciences and military men | 97 |
the impact | 118 |
the Kabyle Myth | 146 |
The eclipse of | 167 |
Persistent stereotypes and resultant policies | 217 |
Conclusion | 241 |
Biographical sketches | 296 |
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