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]

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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]

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References

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  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.