Changing Female Literacy Practices in Algeria [electronic resource] : Empirical Study on Cultural Construction of Gender and Empowerment /
Laaredj-Campbell, Anne.author.
From an ethnological standpoint, this study contends that the construction and implementation of a gender-based literacy program that empowers adult education learners in rural or semi-rural (hybrid) areas in Algeria must consider the context of the Arabic-Islamic tradition.In her research Anne Laaredj-Campbell examines the educational situation of women in the Haut Plateau by using methods derived from the field of ethnology. The author endeavors to take a look at the literacy practices and their theoretical implications for empowering women in Algeria. To date, there are no empirical studies on adult female literacy in Algeria that focus on the cultural construction of gender and empowerment. A gender approach to education is committed to establishing reasons for the deficiencies of literacy among women. Contents Theoretical and conceptual overview of literacy Women’s status in literacy and education Understanding the process of empowerment for rural women Empirical case studies of the Iqraa functional literacy program and Ibn Khaldun University survey in Tiaret, Algeria Target Groups Lecturers and students of philosophy and cultural anthropology specializing in gender and women’s studies Readers who are interested in literacy and empowerment, gender and women studies, cultural anthropology The Author Anne Laaredj-Campbell received her doctorate degree in cultural anthropology from the Albert-Ludwigs‐Universität, Freiburg i. Br. Her research interests include gender and women studies as well as foreign language acquisition.
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Acknowledgements; Preface; Table of Contents; Photography by Anne Laaredj-Campbell 2008-2012; Introduction; Research Background; Literacy and Gender Disparity in the Middle East and North Africa; Outline of Chapters; Part I. Research Context, Method, and Theory; 1 Geographic Location and Demography; 1.1 Current Functional Literacy Program in Algeria; 1.1.2 Arab Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa; 1.2 The Fieldwork Setting; 1.3 Research Objective; 1.4 Central Questions; 1.4.1 Women's Literacy and Empowerment; 1.4.2 Workable Strategies for Female Literacy
1.4.3 Access and Gender Equity in Higher Education and Employment1.5 Method; 1.6 Adult Literacy Research in Algeria; 2 Theoretical and Conceptual Overview of Literacy; 2.1 The Current Women's Literacy Debate; 2.2 Defining Literacy; 2.3 UNESCO's Adult Education and Functional Literacy; 2.4 Critical Literacy after Paulo Freire; 2.5 Gender, Literacy and Empowerment; 2.5.1 Women in Development (WID); 2.5.2 The Anthropology of Gender in Gender and Development (GAD); 2.5.3 The Empowerment Approach to Literacy
2.5.4 A Framework for Women's Empowerment. Contrary to my previous message the author asks now if we can omit the name Sara Longwe's 2.6 Summary of Literacy Discourses; Part II. Women's Status in Literacy and Education: A historical, cultural, and Islamic perspective; 3 Historical Retrospective of Women's Education in Algeria; 3.1 Women's Education Prior to the French Conquest; 3.2 The Effect of the French Occupation on Women's Education; 3.2.1 Emir Abd el-Kader (1808-1883); 3.2.2 First attempts to recruit Algerian girls in French Schools; 3.2.3 Abd al-Hamid Ben Badis (1889-1940)
3.3 Post-independence Educational Development and Mass Literacy Campaigns3.3.1 Primary Education; 3.3.2 Higher Education; 3.3.3 Adult Literacy; 3.4 The Current Situation of Women's Literacy and Education; 3.4.1 Primary Education; 3.4.2 Secondary Education; 3.4.3 Interviews with Female School Dropouts; 3.4.4 Higher Education; 3.5 Adult Literacy; 3.5.1 Distance Education; 3.5.2 Current Literacy Strategy; 3.6 Résumé: The persistence of non-literacy among women; 4 The Status of Women in the Haut Plateau: Between Islam, Politics and Popular Perception
4.1 The Family and Social Structure: An Ethnographic Overview4.2 Honor, Shame and Status in the Life-cycle of Women; 4.2.1 Haya and Good Shame in Islam ; 4.2.2 Hishma and Good Shame in the Haut Plateau ; 4.3 The Algerian Girl; 4.4 The Algerian Bride; 4.5 The Algerian Mother and Mother-in-law; 4.6 The Algerian Hadja Widow and Matriarch ; 4.7 Cueing in on the Decline of Traditional Marriage Molds; Vignette: On the Traditional Status of Women in the Haut Plateau. Non-literate Farmers Johar and Hannah; 5 Understanding the Process of Empowerment for Rural Women
5.1 Women's Role in the War of National Liberation
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From an ethnological standpoint, this study contends that the construction and implementation of a gender-based literacy program that empowers adult education learners in rural or semi-rural (hybrid) areas in Algeria must consider the context of the Arabic-Islamic tradition.In her research Anne Laaredj-Campbell examines the educational situation of women in the Haut Plateau by using methods derived from the field of ethnology. The author endeavors to take a look at the literacy practices and their theoretical implications for empowering women in Algeria. To date, there are no empirical studies on adult female literacy in Algeria that focus on the cultural construction of gender and empowerment. A gender approach to education is committed to establishing reasons for the deficiencies of literacy among women. Contents Theoretical and conceptual overview of literacy Women’s status in literacy and education Understanding the process of empowerment for rural women Empirical case studies of the Iqraa functional literacy program and Ibn Khaldun University survey in Tiaret, Algeria Target Groups Lecturers and students of philosophy and cultural anthropology specializing in gender and women’s studies Readers who are interested in literacy and empowerment, gender and women studies, cultural anthropology The Author Anne Laaredj-Campbell received her doctorate degree in cultural anthropology from the Albert-Ludwigs‐Universität, Freiburg i. Br. Her research interests include gender and women studies as well as foreign language acquisition.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Sociology.
Literacy.
Cultural Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Gender Studies.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Literacy.