Rohloff, Caroline

Sheridan, Faculty Advisor, Scott

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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUJohn Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference 2012, 23rd Annual JWP ConferenceApr 14th, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMHeroines or Repressed Women: An Examinationof the Oppression, Liberation, and Development ofAlgerian Women from the 1950s to the PresentDayCaroline RohloffIllinois Wesleyan UniversityScott Sheridan, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprcThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Caroline Rohloff and Scott Sheridan, Faculty Advisor, "Heroines or Repressed Women: An Examination of the Oppression,Liberation, and Development of Algerian Women from the 1950s to the Present Day" (April 14, 2012). John Wesley PowellStudent Research Conference. Paper 2.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2012/oralpres12/2THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE – APRIL 2012    Oral Presentation  O12.2   HEROINES OR REPRESSED WOMEN: AN EXAMINATION OF THE OPPRESSION, LIBERATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALGERIAN WOMEN FROM THE 1950S TO THE PRESENT DAY    Caroline Rohloff and Scott Sheridan*  French and Francophone Studies, Illinois Wesleyan University    Since the Algerian war for independence against the French in the 1950s, the roles of Algerian women have been shifting over the past five decades. During the war for independence, women found themselves in positions of power, where their military assistance was necessary to win the war. However, once independence was gained in 1962, women were once again forced into the predetermined roles of wives and mothers. Over the next four decades, the situation in Algeria began to improve as the educational and work opportunities for women increased. After a setback in the 1990s, during Algeria’s civil war, Algerian women have continued to make advances in society and are embracing the liberties that accompany a modernizing state. This study examines the development of women’s societal positions in Algeria and the different roles that women have played during important events in Algeria’s history. Through the application of the feminist theory and through the use of film, this study assesses the obstacles that Algerian women have faced in their efforts to gain liberation and respect.  

Heroines or Repressed Women: An Examination of the Oppression, Liberation, and Development of Algerian Women from the 1950s to the Present Day

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