Fanny Colonna

Fanny Colonna
Born 1934
El Milia
Died November 18, 2014
Nationality French-Algerian
Academic work
Discipline sociologist, anthropologist
Institutions Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou

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

Biography

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

References

  1. 1 2 "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 (02): 417–419. ISSN 1471-6380. doi:10.1017/S002074381500032X.
  3. Gellner, Ernest (1987). Culture, Identity, and Politics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521336673.
  4. "Fanny Colonna". L'Iris (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2016.
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