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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816784503321

Autore

Sadiqi Fatima

Titolo

Women, gender, and language in Morocco / / by Fatima Sadiqi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-91471-8

9786610914715

90-474-0437-8

1-4237-5544-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xvii, 336 pages)

Collana

Woman and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world, , 1570-7628 ; ; v. 1

Disciplina

306.44/0964

Soggetti

Arabic language - Sex differences - Morocco

Berber languages - Sex differences - Morocco

Women - Language

Language and culture - Morocco

Sexism in language - Morocco

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-332) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliterations -- General Introduction -- Chapter 1  Gender and Language in Morocco: Theoretical and Political Issues -- Chapter 2  Grammatical, Semantic, and Pragmatic Androcentricity in Moroccan Languages -- Chapter 3  Social Differences -- Chapter 4  Contextual Differences -- Chapter 5  Differences Within the Self -- General Conclusion -- Bibliographical References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume deals with the complex but poorly understood relationship between women, gender, and language in Morocco, a Muslim, multilingual, multicultural, and developing country. The hypothesis on which the book is based is that an understanding of gender perception and women's agency can be achieved only by taking into account the structure of power in a specific culture and that language is an important component of this power. In Moroccan culture, history,



geography, Islam, orality, multilingualism, social organization, economic status, and political system constitute the superstructures of power within which factors such as social differences, contextual differences, and identity differences interact in the daily linguistic performances of gender. Moroccan women are far from constituting a homogeneous group, consequently the choices available to them vary in nature and empowering capacity, thus 'widening' the spectrum of gender beyond cultural limits.