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[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Disparition de la sociologue et anthropologue Fanny Colonna, une passionnée des Aurès". Huffington Post (in French). 20 November 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.