Colonial violence forced Algerian leaders to adopt women as combatants

Evidence

The decision to involve women as active elements of the Algerian Revolution was not reached lightly. In a sense, it was the very conception of the combat that had to be modified. The violence of the occupier, his ferocity, his delirious attachment to the national territory, induced the leaders no longer to exclude certain forms of combat. Progressively, the urgency of a total war made itself felt. But involving the women was not solely a response to the desire to mobilize the entire nation. The women’s entry into the war had to be harmonized with respect for the revolutionary nature of the war. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 167

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Armed revolutionary participation permanently transformed Algerian women’s self-identity and social role; Algerian women’s seclusion made them core vehicles of anti-colonial resistance — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1230; Colonial violence itself, not just revolutionary solidarity, reshaped Algerian feminine society — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 385 (+9 more)

Related

• Colonial violence itself, not just revolutionary solidarity, reshaped Algerian feminine society (similarity 0.92)
• Algerian women’s traditional seclusion made them the hardest nucleus of anti-colonial resistance (similarity 0.91)
• Algerian women’s militant action exceeded the resistance-fighter comparison (similarity 0.90)
• Armed revolutionary participation permanently transformed Algerian women’s self-identity and social role (similarity 0.90)
• Guerrilla war gave Algerian women their first experience of equality with men (similarity 0.90)
• National liberation opened up new roles for Algerian women (similarity 0.89)
• Revolutionary struggle fused national liberation with women’s liberation in Algeria (similarity 0.89)
• Making the Revolution depend on women’s action was a wholly revolutionary step (similarity 0.89)
• Militant women replaced marriageable women as aspirational models in Algeria (similarity 0.88)
• The revolution affected Algerian women’s lives more profoundly than any other domain (similarity 0.88)
• Algerian liberation struggle itself forged new gender values preceding independence (similarity 0.88)
• Colonial doctrine treated conquering women as the key to destroying Algerian resistance (similarity 0.88)
• Joint political struggle restructured Algerian gender relations from within (similarity 0.87)
• Martyred women militants replaced marriage as the model for Algerian female identity (similarity 0.87)
• Algerian women’s seclusion made them core vehicles of anti-colonial resistance (similarity 0.87)

Broader Connections

• Algerian liberation struggle itself forged new gender values preceding independence #expands (0.50) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 368
• The Battle of Algiers began with women bombing civilian targets #exemplifies (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1710
• Militant women replaced marriageable women as aspirational models in Algeria #responds-to (0.40) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 365
• Colonial prejudices sexualized and dehumanized the Algerian Muslim #expands (0.40)
• Revolutionary struggle fused national liberation with women’s liberation in Algeria #corroborates (0.40)
• Any social revolution in Algeria required breaking colonial ties first #corroborates (0.40) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 557