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6. The Female Body and the Body Politic: Harem and Hammam
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. Morocco’s New Voices: Women Writers and the Socio-Political and Cultural Landscape 18
- 2. Mernissi and Scheherazade in Dialogue: Rereading and Acts of Subversion 37
- 3. The Myth of the Silent Woman 59
- 4. Transgressive Narratives 80
- 5. A Prison Narrative: Female Memory and a Woman Called ‘Rachid’ 105
- 6. The Female Body and the Body Politic: Harem and Hammam 125
- 7. Women and the City 150
- 8. Scheherazade’s (Moroccan) Sisters: The Poetics of Identity and Democracy 169
- Conclusion 194
- Notes 199
- Bibliography 241
- Index 257
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. Morocco’s New Voices: Women Writers and the Socio-Political and Cultural Landscape 18
- 2. Mernissi and Scheherazade in Dialogue: Rereading and Acts of Subversion 37
- 3. The Myth of the Silent Woman 59
- 4. Transgressive Narratives 80
- 5. A Prison Narrative: Female Memory and a Woman Called ‘Rachid’ 105
- 6. The Female Body and the Body Politic: Harem and Hammam 125
- 7. Women and the City 150
- 8. Scheherazade’s (Moroccan) Sisters: The Poetics of Identity and Democracy 169
- Conclusion 194
- Notes 199
- Bibliography 241
- Index 257
