Dreams of trespass : tales of a harem girlhood / Fatima Mernissi ; photographs by Ruth V. Ward.
Dreams of trespass : tales of a harem girlhood / Fatima Mernissi ; photographs by Ruth V. Ward.
Dreams of trespass : tales of a harem girlhood / Fatima Mernissi ; photographs by Ruth V. Ward.
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Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1994.
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N964.0082/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
My harem frontiers -- Scheherazade, the king, and the words -- The French harem -- Yasmina's first co-wife -- Chama and the caliph -- Tamou's horse -- The harem within -- Aquatic dishwashing -- Moonlit nights of laughter -- The men's salon -- World War II: view from the courtyard -- Asmahan, the sin...
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Publisher
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1994.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c1994.
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"I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, Morocco..." So begins Fatima Mernissi in this exotic and rich narrative. With a magical tale-spinner's words, this world-renowned scholar, one of the most eloquent voices of feminism in the Muslim world, weaves her own memories with dreams and fantasies of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her c...
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Dreams of trespass : tales of a harem girlhood / Fatima Mernissi ; photographs by Ruth V. Ward.
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c1994.
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N964.0082/1
Record Identifier
74VKJkg4N4eX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJkg4N4eX
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ISBN
0201489376 (pbk.)
9780201626490 :
0201626497 :
9780201489378 (pbk.)
DDC
964.0082
MMS ID
991022267399702626
