Dreams of trespass : tales of a harem girlhood /
Tales of a harem girlhood
Fatima Mernissi ; photographs by Ruth V. Ward.
- Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, 1995.
- 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Originally published in 1994.
My harem frontiers -- Scheherazade, the king, and the words -- The French harem -- Yasmina's first co-wife -- Chama and the caliph -- Tamou's horse -- The harem within -- Aquatic dishwashing -- Moonlit nights of laughter -- The men's salon -- World War II: view from the courtyard -- Asmahan, the singing princess -- The harem goes to the movies -- Egyptian feminists visit the terrace -- Princess Budur's fate -- The forbidden terrace -- Mina, the rootless -- American cigarettes -- Mustaches and breasts -- The silent dream of wings and flights -- Skin politics: eggs, dates, and other beauty secrets -- Henna, clay, and men's stares.
0201489376 (pbk.) 9780201489378 (pbk.)
Mernissi, Fatima--Childhood and youth.
Muslim women--Morocco--Biography. Harems--Morocco--Personal narratives.