Decolonizing Emotions in French Algeria : Anticolonial Mythmaking and Morality Tales, 1954-62

What role did emotions play in anti-colonial activist decisions during the Algerian Revolution? How were emotions like pride and shame, love and disgust used to overturn the colonial myth, and what new stories did Algerian and European militants weave to help audiences imagine a world without colonization? This book answers these questions by delving into the police confessions and court cases, tracts and manifestos, poetry and personal diaries of French and Algerian anti-colonial activists. These sources reveal a rich world of exiles and border-crossings, emotional exchanges and violations of emotional regimes--

Author: Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Publication Date: Sep 19, 2024

Number of Pages: 289 pages

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 0755652894

ISBN-13: 9780755652891