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Fanny Colonna

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Fanny Colonna
Born1934
El Milia
Died18 November 2014(2014-11-18) (aged 79–80)
NationalityFrench-Algerian
Academic work
Disciplinesociologist, anthropologist
InstitutionsMouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou

Fanny Colonna (1934 - 18 November 2014) was a French-Algerian sociologist and anthropologist. She was also a former professor at Tizi Ouzou University.[1]

Biography

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Colonna was born in El Milia, and was the daughter of a French civil servant "who made sure she learned Arabic."[2] Colonna lived in Algeria until 1993.[1] She "established her reputation with a study of the Algerian schoolteacher class during the colonial period."[3] Colonna also conducted an ethnographic study in the Aures between 1970 and 1980.[4]

Selected works

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  • Instituteurs algériens. Paris: Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques. 1975. ISBN 9782724603330.
  • Timimoun, une civilisation citadine. Alger: Entreprise algérienne de presse. 1989. OCLC 21520363.
  • Aurès, Algérie 1954 : les fruits verts d'une révolution. Paris: Ed. Autrement. 1994. ISBN 9782862605012.
  • Les versets de l'invincibilité : permanence et changements religieux dans l'Algérie contemporaine. Paris: Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques. 1995. ISBN 9782724606751.
  • Récits de la province égyptienne : une ethnographie sud-sud. Paris: Sindbad. 2003. ISBN 9782742743605.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Disparition de la sociologue et anthropologue Fanny Colonna, une passionnée des Aurès". Huffington Post (in French). 20 November 2014. Archived from the original on November 28, 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. ^ Burke, Edmund III (2015-05-01). "FANNY COLONNA (1934–2014)". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 47 (2): 417–419. doi:10.1017/S002074381500032X. ISSN 1471-6380.
  3. ^ Gellner, Ernest (1987). Culture, Identity, and Politics. Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780521336673. fanny colonna.
  4. ^ "Fanny Colonna". L'Iris (in French). Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.