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Women in French Settler Colonies
Monday, December 5, 2005
7:00PM
Olin Rice 100
Patricia Lorcin
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the colonies privileged sites for French women? Did they manipulate
the boundaries of gender and race to further their personal and
professional agendas? What was their role in the colonial enterprise?
By looking briefly at a number of women in colonial Algeria from
1830 onwards, Patricia Lorcin will consider these questions in the
hope of stimulating a post-lecture discussion
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