Diaconoff, Suellen. <br/><br/>
Myth of the Silent Woman :  Moroccan Women Writers. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (280 pages) 
 - University of Toronto Romance Series .
 - University of Toronto Romance Series .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442670129 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Moroccan literature (French)-Women authors-History and criticism.<br/>Moroccan literature (French)-20th century-History and criticism.<br/>Moroccan literature (French)-21st century-History and criticism.<br/>Literature and society-Morocco-History-20th century.<br/>Literature and society-Morocco-History-21st century.<br/>Women and literature-Morocco.<br/>Feminism in literature.<br/>Women in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ3988.5.M6.D53 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>840.99287096409049