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Djamila Boupacha
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Product Details
Author:
Simone De Beauvoir, Gisèle Halimi
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
272
Publisher:
Verso Books (February 16, 2027)
Imprint:
Verso
Release Date:
February 16, 2027
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781836741817
ISBN-10:
1836741812
Weight:
13oz
Dimensions:
5.5" x 8.25"
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RandomHouse
List Price:
$29.95
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
24
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$23.06
Publisher Identifier:
P-RH
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A
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Yes
Overview
A searing denunciation of French torture in Algeria by a classic feminist intellect
In 1960, as the Algerian War for Independence entered its sixth year, 22-year-old Djamila Boupacha was arrested for allegedly planting a bomb in a university cafeteria. While in custody, she was tortured and raped by French soldiers. Her case would have been buried like countless others had it not been for the efforts of her lawyer, Gisèle Halimi, and the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir to transform it into an international cause célèbre. Djamila Boupacha is the culmination of this campaign to expose the systemic violence of colonial rule. “To protest in the name of morality against ‘excesses’ or ‘abuses,’” Beauvoir writes, “is an error which hints at active complicity. There are no ‘abuses’ or ‘excesses’ here, simply an all-pervasive system.”
More than a historical document, the book is a profound exploration of morality, complicity and resistance. A classic text of anticolonialism, this is a story that demands to be read—and remembered.
In 1960, as the Algerian War for Independence entered its sixth year, 22-year-old Djamila Boupacha was arrested for allegedly planting a bomb in a university cafeteria. While in custody, she was tortured and raped by French soldiers. Her case would have been buried like countless others had it not been for the efforts of her lawyer, Gisèle Halimi, and the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir to transform it into an international cause célèbre. Djamila Boupacha is the culmination of this campaign to expose the systemic violence of colonial rule. “To protest in the name of morality against ‘excesses’ or ‘abuses,’” Beauvoir writes, “is an error which hints at active complicity. There are no ‘abuses’ or ‘excesses’ here, simply an all-pervasive system.”
More than a historical document, the book is a profound exploration of morality, complicity and resistance. A classic text of anticolonialism, this is a story that demands to be read—and remembered.
