Dreams of Trespass : Tales of a Harem Girlhood

by Mernissi, Fatima; Ward, Ruth V.

• ISBN13: 9780201626490
• ISBN10: 0201626497
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-06-01
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

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. In Dreams of Trespass, Mernissi"

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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