Les papiers de Baya Hocine. Une source pour l’histoire des prisons algériennes pendant la guerre d’indépendance (1954-1962)

In 1958, a search of the prison of Barbarossa in Algiers led to the confiscation of the Journal, notes and correspondence of Baya Hocine, a young female detainee of 17 years, sentenced to death for an attack. Written in the intimate style of a personal diary, Hocine’s papers are a valuable source fo...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sylvie Thénault
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: CNRS Éditions 2019-06-01
Series:L’Année du Maghreb
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/anneemaghreb/4643
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832581802138533888
author Sylvie Thénault
author_facet Sylvie Thénault
author_sort Sylvie Thénault
collection DOAJ
description In 1958, a search of the prison of Barbarossa in Algiers led to the confiscation of the Journal, notes and correspondence of Baya Hocine, a young female detainee of 17 years, sentenced to death for an attack. Written in the intimate style of a personal diary, Hocine’s papers are a valuable source for the historiography of prisons during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962). The purpose of this article is to reconstruct the trajectory from prison to the French Archives where they appear in typed form, as well as to elucidate the circumstances of their composition. While these are insufficient to reconstitute the material conditions of life in the prison due to their nature as private thoughts, they highlight the radical specificity of Barbarossa in these years of war as a place of detention and execution of those sentenced to capital punishment, in an atmosphere permeated with death.
format Article
id doaj-art-5edacaa6fe2e4c7ca9d535bdb680a1d6
institution Kabale University
issn 1952-8108
2109-9405
language fra
publishDate 2019-06-01
publisher CNRS Éditions
record_format Article
series L’Année du Maghreb
spelling doaj-art-5edacaa6fe2e4c7ca9d535bdb680a1d62025-01-30T09:56:15ZfraCNRS ÉditionsL’Année du Maghreb1952-81082109-94052019-06-012010712210.4000/anneemaghreb.4643Les papiers de Baya Hocine. Une source pour l’histoire des prisons algériennes pendant la guerre d’indépendance (1954-1962)Sylvie ThénaultIn 1958, a search of the prison of Barbarossa in Algiers led to the confiscation of the Journal, notes and correspondence of Baya Hocine, a young female detainee of 17 years, sentenced to death for an attack. Written in the intimate style of a personal diary, Hocine’s papers are a valuable source for the historiography of prisons during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962). The purpose of this article is to reconstruct the trajectory from prison to the French Archives where they appear in typed form, as well as to elucidate the circumstances of their composition. While these are insufficient to reconstitute the material conditions of life in the prison due to their nature as private thoughts, they highlight the radical specificity of Barbarossa in these years of war as a place of detention and execution of those sentenced to capital punishment, in an atmosphere permeated with death.https://journals.openedition.org/anneemaghreb/4643AlgeriawomenAlgerian War of Independenceprisondeath penalty.
spellingShingle Sylvie Thénault
Les papiers de Baya Hocine. Une source pour l’histoire des prisons algériennes pendant la guerre d’indépendance (1954-1962)
L’Année du Maghreb
Algeria
women
Algerian War of Independence
prison
death penalty.
title Les papiers de Baya Hocine. Une source pour l’histoire des prisons algériennes pendant la guerre d’indépendance (1954-1962)
title_full Les papiers de Baya Hocine. Une source pour l’histoire des prisons algériennes pendant la guerre d’indépendance (1954-1962)
title_fullStr Les papiers de Baya Hocine. Une source pour l’histoire des prisons algériennes pendant la guerre d’indépendance (1954-1962)
title_full_unstemmed Les papiers de Baya Hocine. Une source pour l’histoire des prisons algériennes pendant la guerre d’indépendance (1954-1962)
title_short Les papiers de Baya Hocine. Une source pour l’histoire des prisons algériennes pendant la guerre d’indépendance (1954-1962)
title_sort les papiers de baya hocine une source pour l histoire des prisons algeriennes pendant la guerre d independance 1954 1962
topic Algeria
women
Algerian War of Independence
prison
death penalty.
url https://journals.openedition.org/anneemaghreb/4643
work_keys_str_mv AT sylviethenault lespapiersdebayahocineunesourcepourlhistoiredesprisonsalgeriennespendantlaguerredindependance19541962