Dreams of trespass is a beautiful, enlightening book. Born in fez to a middleclass family, mernissi studied at the mohammed v university in rabat and later went to paris, where she worked briefly as a journalist. Although her parents had a monogamous marriage, she grew up living in a harem with her mother and grandmother, who was one of her grandfathers nine. Pdf the veil and the male elite download full pdf book. Fatema mernissi, moroccan sociologist and writer born sept. Basic, 1991 the question of the role of women in islamic public life has provoked debate both within and without the community since the earliest days of the prophet. Although this revised version appeared quite a while ago 1987, the book still offers fascinating insights on how, in a patriarchalpolygynous context, the old doublestandard of male sexual license and female sexual confinement may backfiredespite religiousideological rationalizations. A harem was any household in which the women were kept secluded. Her doctorate is from brandeis university in the united states. She grew up in the harem of her affluent paternal grandmother along with various female kin and servants. Sindi, poco dispuesto a comunicar sus conocimientos. Fatema mernissi moroccan sociologist and writer britannica. Mejores libros, ebooks o novelas del escritor fatima mernissi con su biografia y bibliografia.
Mernissi endeavors to show that discrimination against women, so common in the muslim world today, is not a fundamental tenet of islam as many contemporary male muslims would like us to believe. Wellknown moroccan feminist fatema mernissi, who died in 2015, tells about her childhood in the 30s and 40s. Convinced that the veil is a symbol of unjust male authority over women, in the veil and the male elite, moroccan feminist fatima mernissi aims to investigate the origins of the practice in the. Fatema mernissi was born on 27 september 1940 in fez, morocco. Mernissi illustrates the sharp contrast of the western and eastern harems the western harem being one of ideology rather than physical presence while also analyzing the differing sexual attitudes, depiction, and behaviors of the west and the east. The western a womens harem fatema mernissi fatema mernissi 1940, a moroccan. She has puhlished widely in the united states and won the 2003 prince ofasturias award for. Fatema mernissi, center, in 1996 with, from left, mahnaz afkhami, yasmeen murshed and deniz kandiyoti. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. A feminist interpretation of womens rights in islam. A feminist interpretation of womens rights in islam, translated by mary jo lakeland new york.
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