04465nam 2200841 450 991045862660332120200520144314.01-4426-7012-61-4426-9745-810.3138/9781442670129(CKB)2560000000054265(EBL)4671123(SSID)ssj0000486059(PQKBManifestationID)12230246(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486059(PQKBWorkID)10429782(PQKB)11115902(MiAaPQ)EBC4671123(CEL)433593(CaBNvSL)slc00226177(MiAaPQ)EBC3272734(DE-B1597)464006(OCoLC)944178588(OCoLC)999354707(DE-B1597)9781442670129(Au-PeEL)EBL4671123(CaPaEBR)ebr11256849(OCoLC)958565213(EXLCZ)99256000000005426520160921h20092009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe myth of the silent woman Moroccan women writers /Suellen Diaconoff2nd ed.Toronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2009.©20091 online resource (280 p.)University of Toronto Romance SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4426-4005-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Morocco's New Voices: Women Writers and the Socio-Political and Cultural Landscape -- 2. Mernissi and Scheherazade in Dialogue: Rereading and Acts of Subversion -- 3. The Myth of the Silent Woman -- 4. Transgressive Narratives -- 5. A Prison Narrative: Female Memory and a Woman Called 'Rachid' -- 6. The Female Body and the Body Politic: Harem and Hammam -- 7. Women and the City -- 8. Scheherazade's (Moroccan) Sisters: The Poetics of Identity and Democracy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexBeginning in the 1980s and gathering force in the last decade of the twentieth century, Moroccan women writers have become the latest group of Middle Eastern women to break their silence by writing both fiction and non-fiction. The Myth of the Silent Woman examines representative French-language texts from Moroccan women writers. Suellen Diaconoff situates these works in a discourse of social justice and reform, arguing that they contribute to the emerging national debate on democracy and help to create new public spaces of discourse and participation. In novels and short stories, essays and memoirs, including one powerful text by a dissident and former political prisoner, these authors contest hegemonic systems of thought and practice, reappraise traditional spaces and limits, shatter taboos and transgress borders. In so doing, they profoundly undermine easy assumptions about Arab women, feminism, and democracy, while boldly challenging the stereotype of the silent woman.University of Toronto Romance SeriesMoroccan literature (French)Women authorsHistory and criticismMoroccan literature (French)20th centuryHistory and criticismMoroccan literature (French)21st centuryHistory and criticismLiterature and societyMoroccoHistory20th centuryLiterature and societyMoroccoHistory21st centuryWomen and literatureMoroccoFeminism in literatureWomen in literatureElectronic books.Moroccan literature (French)Women authorsHistory and criticism.Moroccan literature (French)History and criticism.Moroccan literature (French)History and criticism.Literature and societyHistoryLiterature and societyHistoryWomen and literatureFeminism in literature.Women in literature.840.9/9287096409049Diaconoff Suellen910053MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458626603321The myth of the silent woman2036842UNINA