Dreams of Trespass

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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 weaves her own memories with the dreams and memories of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her youth women who, deprived of access to the world outside, recreated it from sheer imagination Dreams of Trespass is the provocative story of a girl confronting the mysteries of time and place, gender and sex in the recent Muslim world. Free Download [ Dreams of Trespass ] author [ Fatema Mernissi ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Original review I bought this book as brand new It looks brand new It feels brand new There is masses of underlining inside The seller should be locked up and flogged on the soles of their feet Proper review see comment 5 The book was pretty good, very informative about the goings on in a harem The machinations and manipulations of the women to get what they want which they often do, except freedom They are caged birds who sing on demand and are there to be petted and admired and fed d Original review I bought this book as brand new It looks brand new It feels brand new There is masses of underlining inside The seller should be locked up and flogged on the soles of their feet Proper review see comment 5 The book was pretty good, very informative about the goings on in a harem The machinations and manipulations of the women to get what they want which they often do, except freedom They are c...When you happen to be trapped powerless behind walls, stuck in a dead end harem, you dream of escape And magic flourishes when you spell out that dream and make the frontiers vanish Dreams can change your life, and eventually the world Liberation starts with images dancing in your little head, and you translate those images in words And words cost nothing Fatima Mernissi, Dreams of Trespass Tales of a Harem GirlhoodI just recently came across Moroccan feminist and sociologist Fatima Mern When you happen to be trapped powerless behind walls, stuck in a dead end harem, you dream of escape And magic flourishes when you spell out that dream and make the frontiers vanish Dreams can change your life, and eventually the world Liberation starts with images dancing in your little head, and you translate those images in words And words cost nothing Fatima Mernissi, Dreams of Trespass Tales of a Harem GirlhoodI just recently...Despite its appearance on every reading list related to Morocco, I d resisted reading Mernissi s recent recounting of growing up in Fez in the 1940s and 50s A harem girlhood Exotic and titillating, I thought, but not likely a typical upbringing Now that I ve read this fascinating memoir, I realize that the western stereotype of harem dancing girls who take turns pleasing a wealthy sultan hardly matches the reality In fact, Mernissi notes, the everyday domestic harem involves housing Despite its appearance on every reading list related to Morocco, I d resisted reading Mernissi s recent recounting of growing up in Fez in the 1940s and 50s A harem girlhood Exotic and titillating, I thought, but not likely a typical upbringing Now that I ve read this fascinating memoir, I realize that the western stereotype of harem dancing girls who take turns pleasing a wealthy sultan hardly matches the reality In fact, Mernissi notes, the everyday domestic harem involves housing the women in an extended family together, in seclusion from the world Mernissi s mother, a grandmother and an aunt found ways to subtly subvert their oppression, taking their cue from the women of Scheherazade s A Thousand and One Nights who ...A lovely book on multiple levels Mernissi s account of a girlhood in an upper middle class family in Fez in the 1940s is both a luminous and gently affectionate memoir and a penetrating look at the idea of the harem, of a separate women s world within the household Mernissi is very clear the harems of her youth were not the lascivious fantasy lands of the Arabian Nights or Orientalist painting, but communal spaces where the women of the household lived behind a sacred boundary , where they l A lovely book on multiple lev...Pu sapere, una bambina, cosa sia un harem La parola Harem leggera variente di Har m, il proibito , il vietato Ha a che fare con limiti e confini mentali soprattutto, non solo costituiti da mattoni pazientemente messi uno sull altro.Questa bambina vive all interno di esso mura alte e un unico portone, un guardiano e l intero mondo fuori E molti altri mondi interiori , dentro.Ognuno di essi appartiene a ciascuna donna che l con lei vive la madre, la nonna, le zie, le cugine, le parenti Pu sapere, una bambina, cosa sia un harem La parola Harem leggera variente di Har m, il proibito , il vietato Ha a che fare con limiti e confini mentali soprattutto, non solo costituiti da mattoni pazientemente messi uno sull altro.Questa bambina vive all interno di esso mura alte e un unico portone, un guardiano e l intero mondo fuori E molti altri mondi interiori , dentro.Ognuno di essi appartiene a ciascuna donna che l con lei vive la madre, la nonna, le zie, le cugine, le parenti vedove o ripudiate che nell harem si rifugiano, trovandovi sostegno e protezione da parte dell intera famiglia, purch si adeguino ai ritmi del gruppo.Ecco cosa NON un harem un luogo dove esprimere la propria individualit , ma anche un posto dove quella stessa individualit pu comunque costruirsi tramite sogno e parole, lass , sulla terrazza.La bambina allora cerca parole, le proprie e quelle altrui, pone domande Un harem una ca..., , , , , , , , , , , ,, ,,, , ,,I read this after reading Scheherazade Goes West which expands on the differences shown here.This is actually a wonderful book about Mernissi s childhood in a harem and a comparison of that harem with that of her grandmother Instead of telling, Mernissi shows you the different lives of the women in each harem, and deepens the understanding or view of it You find yourself caught in the struggles of the women in particular Chama and Mernissi s own mother.And the ending phrase, is something e I read this after reading Scheherazade Goes West which expands on the differences shown here.This is actually a wonderful book about Mernissi s childhood in a harem and a comparison of that harem with that of her grandmother Instead of telling, Mernissi shows you the different lives of the women in each harem, and deepens the understanding or view of it You find yourself caught in the struggles of... Dreams of Trespass Tales of a Harem Girlhood is a coming of age story, set in Morocco during WWII, an account of Yasmina s attempt to decipher the cloistered world within and the greater world beyond the family home in Fez The book almost seems a cross between an autobiography and an ethnographic study of French Colonial Morocco, just as the stirrings of an independence movement are in the air It can t really be compared to The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank but there are certain similar Dreams of Trespass Tales of a Harem Girlhood is a coming of age story, set in Morocco during WWII, an account of Yasmina s attempt to decipher the cloistered world within and the greater world beyond the family home in Fez The book almost seems a cross between an autobiography and an ethnographic study of French Colonial Morocco, just as the stirrings of an independence movement are in the air It can t really b...

Dreams of Trespass
  • English
  • 25 March 2017
  • Paperback
  • 242 pages
  • 0201489376
  • Fatema Mernissi
  • Dreams of Trespass