Dreams Of Trespass

Tales Of A Harem Girlhood

Fatima Mernissi

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Perseus Books
04 December 1995

Biography; Biography: general; Gender studies: women; Islamic studies

"""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."

By: Fatima Mernissi
Imprint: Perseus Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9780201489378
ISBN 10: 0201489376
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 04 December 1995
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fatema Mernissi teaches sociology at University Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco. She is the author of more than eight books, including Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, Scheherazade Goes West, The Veil and the Male Elite, and Beyond the Veil.

Reviews for Dreams Of Trespass: Tales Of A Harem Girlhood

[Mernissi] creates a necklace of tales as delightful as Scheherazade's. --Elle Wonderful and enchanting.... Mernissi brings this vanished world to life. --New York Times Book Review A remarkable book...vits good humor is unwavering; it tempers judgmentalism with understanding; and it provides a vivid portrait of a world that most Westerners can scarcely comprehend. --Washington Post Book World