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The Harkis: The Wound That Never Heals
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The Harkis: The Wound That Never Heals Hardback - 2011

by Vincent Crapanzano

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In this haunting chronicle of betrayal and abandonment, ostracism and exile, racism and humiliation, Vincent Crapanzano examines the story of the Harkis, the quarter of a million Algerian auxiliary troops who fought for the French in Algeria's war of independence. After tens of thousands of Harkis were massacred by other Algerians at the end of the war, the survivors fled to France where they were placed in camps, some for as long as sixteen years. Condemned as traitors by other Algerians and scorned by the French, the Harkis became a population apart, and their children still suffer from their parents' wounds. Many have become activists, lobbying for recognition of their parents' sacrifices, compensation, and an apology.

More than just a retelling of the Harkis' grim past and troubling present, The Harkis is a resonant reflection on how children bear responsibility for the choices their parents make, how personal identity is shaped by the impersonal forces of history, and how violence insinuates itself into every facet of human life.

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  • Title The Harkis: The Wound That Never Heals
  • Author Vincent Crapanzano
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 248
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press
  • Publication date 2011-07
  • ISBN 9780226118765 / 0226118762
  • Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
  • Category Archaeology / Anthropology
  • Library of Congress subjects Algeria - History - Revolution, 1954-1962, Harkis - France - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010047872
  • Dewey Decimal Code 965.046

About the author

Vincent Crapanzano is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center. Among his books are Tuhami: A Portrait of a Moroccan and Imaginative Horizons: An Essay in Literary-Philosophical Anthropology, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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