Myth of the Silent Woman : Moroccan Women Writers.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781442670129
- Moroccan literature (French)-Women authors-History and criticism
- Moroccan literature (French)-20th century-History and criticism
- Moroccan literature (French)-21st century-History and criticism
- Literature and society-Morocco-History-20th century
- Literature and society-Morocco-History-21st century
- Women and literature-Morocco
- Feminism in literature
- Women in literature
- 840.99287096409049
- PQ3988.5.M6.D53 2009
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Morocco's New Voices: Women Writers and the Socio-Political and Cultural Landscape -- 2 Mernissi and Scheherazade in Dialogue: Rereading and Acts of Subversion -- 3 The Myth of the Silent Woman -- 4 Transgressive Narratives -- 5 A Prison Narrative: Female Memory and a Woman Called 'Rachid' -- 6 The Female Body and the Body Politic: Harem and Hammam -- 7 Women and the City -- 8 Scheherazade's (Moroccan) Sisters: The Poetics of Identity and Democracy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Suellen Diaconoff situates French-language texts from Moroccan women writers in a discourse of social justice and reform, arguing that they contribute to the emerging national debate on democracy and help to create new public spaces of discourse and participation.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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