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An edition of Dreams of Trespass (1994)

Dreams of trespass

tales of a harem girlhood

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  • 52 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading

"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 childhood.

It is the magic of recreating a world of one's own, navigating beyond the frontiers, that Mernissi describes with great wit and color. In a book as evocative as anything found in A Thousand and One Nights, she writes of the politics of seduction and the harem as metaphor. Peopled with marvelous, wise, and funny women - all individualists - Dreams of Trespass is a provocative book whose rewards go far.

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Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.
Language
English
Pages
242

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Subjects

Social life and customs, Muslim women, Childhood and youth, Biography, Niñez y juventud, Vida social y costumbres, Mujeres musulmanas, Marruecos, Biografía, Harems, Mœurs et coutumes, Biographies, Enfance et jeunesse, Vrouwen, Musulmanes, Islam, Harem, Morocco, Diaries (form), Manners and customs, Women, morocco, Morocco, social life and customs, New York Times reviewed, Personal narratives

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Fatima Mernissi

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Morocco, Marruecos, Maroc

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Cover of: Sueños en el umbral
Sueños en el umbral: memorias de una niña del harén
1996, Editorial Océano de México, Muchnik Editores
in Spanish - 1a ed.
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Cover of: Dreams of Trespass
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
September 1995, Addison Wesley Publishing Company
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Dreams of trespass
Dreams of trespass: tales of a harem girlhood
1994, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.
in English
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964/.0082
Library of Congress
CT2678.M47 A3 1994, CT2678.M47 A3 1995

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242 p. :
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242

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OL1428303M
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93039523
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