{"product_id":"medical-imperialism-in-french-north-africa-regenerating-the-jewish-community-of-colonial-tunis-9780803268456","title":"Medical Imperialism in French North Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMedical Imperialism in French North Africa\u003c\/i\u003e adds much to our understanding of French colonial policies towards minority communities in colonial North Africa and of gender and empire in general.\"—Nancy Gallagher, \u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Park's \u003ci\u003eMedical Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e is a very welcome contribution to the study of eugenics, imperialism and religious and ethnic identities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. . . . While Parks's work provides an interesting glimpse into a little known field of French colonial history, this book also raises broader questions that will be of interest to scholars of public health, empire and the state. By focusing on how the project of national regeneration played out in the recently established French protectorate in Tunisia, Parks provides readers with a window into broader scholarly debates about identity, biopolitics and the nature of colonial rule.\"—Jessica Lynne Pearson, \u003ci\u003eSocial History of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By showing how discourses of public health, urban planning, and hygiene established the difference of Tunisian Jews both from non-Jewish inhabitants of Tunis, as well as from French Jews, Parks adds a valuable contribution to the history of North African Jews.\"—Aro Velmet, \u003ci\u003eFrench Politics, Culture and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMedical Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read in the panoply of works on French imperialism for its novelty and thoroughness.\"—Claudy Delné, \u003ci\u003eFrench Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book represents an attempt to reconstruct the social, cultural, and historical context of the Tunisian Jewish community under French protectorate, in particular the period between the two World Wars. It presents useful information for readers who may not be very familiar with the histories and complex ethnic and religious struggles which were at play in Maghrebi and Middle Eastern societies during the Ottoman and European empires.\"—Aimée Israel-Pelletier, \u003ci\u003eReading Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eMedical Imperialism in French North Africa\u003c\/i\u003e] indicates the importance of studying religion in colonial medicine outside of the realm of Christian missionaries.\"—Hannah-Louise Clark, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Richard Parks adds new layers to our understanding of the interactions between colonizer and colonized in Tunisia, demonstrating how European ideologies and methodologies were challenged and reinterpreted on the ground. In doing so, he also sheds a new and powerful light on the complex interethnic landscape of colonial Tunisia.”—Maud S. Mandel, Dean of the College at Brown University and author of \u003ci\u003eMuslims and Jews in France: History of a Conflict \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“In his highly original study, Richard Parks poses a fundamental question: Did a Tunisian Jewish community historically exist during the colonial era? Ethnographically and conceptually rich, this work employs the notion of regeneration to probe multiple kinds of lived and imagined social space—urban, hygienic, residential, reproductive, and associative. The author’s sustained and nuanced attention to issues of women and gender makes this book particularly compelling.”—Julia Clancy-Smith, professor of history at the University of Arizona and author of \u003ci\u003eMediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800–1900\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Maps\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Situating Regeneration: Medicine, Science, and “Modern” Bodies\u003cbr\u003e 2. Regenerating Space: Destruction and Divided Communities\u003cbr\u003e 3. Regenerating Space, Part 2: Not All Ghettoes Are the Same\u003cbr\u003e 4. Regenerating Youth: The Role of the Alliance and the Rise of Zionism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Regenerating Women: The Assertion of Reproductive Control\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: A Brief Reflection on Identity\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405269737815,"sku":"9780803268456","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803268456.jpg?v=1730489362","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/medical-imperialism-in-french-north-africa-regenerating-the-jewish-community-of-colonial-tunis-9780803268456","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}