Dreams Of Trespass Tales Of A Harem Girlhood

by Mernissi, Fatima

• ISBN13: 9780201489378
• ISBN10: 0201489376
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-09-04
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

"I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, Morocco..." So begins Fatima Mernissi in this exotic and rich narrative of a childhood behind the iron gates of a domestic harem. InDreams of Trespass, Mernissi weaves her own memories with the dreams and memories of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her youthwomen who, deprived of access to the world outside, recreated it from sheer imagination.Dreams of Trespassis the provocative story of a girl confronting the mysteries of time and place, gender and sex in the recent Muslim world.

Author Biography

Fatema Mernissi teaches sociology at University Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco. She is the author of more than eight books, including Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, Scheherazade Goes West, The Veil and the Male Elite, and Beyond the Veil.

Table of Contents

My Harem Frontiers	p. 1
Scheherazade, the King, and the Words	p. 12
the French Harem	p. 20
Yasmina's First Co-Wife	p. 28
Chama and the Caliph	p. 39
Tamou's Horse	p. 48
the Harem Within	p. 57
Aquatic Dishwashing	p. 66
Moonlit Nights of Laughter	p. 74
the Men's Salon	p. 82
World War Ii: View from the Courtyard	p. 92
Asmahan, the Singing Princess	p. 102
the Harem Goes to the Movies	p. 112
Egyptian Feminists Visit the Terrace	p. 124
Princess Budur's Fate	p. 136
the Forbidden Terrace	p. 144
Mina, the Rootless	p. 156
American Cigarettes	p. 174
Mustaches and Breasts	p. 188
the Silent Dream of Wings and Flights	p. 202
Skin Politics: Eggs, Dates, and Other Beauty Secrets	p. 218
Henna, Clay, and Men's Stares	p. 230
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