Beschreibung:
""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"
* My Harem Frontiers * Scheherazade, the King, and the Words * The French Harem * Yasinas First Co-Wife * Chama and the Caliph * Tamous Horse * The Harem Within * Aquatic Dishwashing * Moonlit Nights of Laughter * The Mens Salon * World War II: View from the Courtyard * Asmahan, the Singing Princess * The Harem Goes to the Movies * Egyptian Feminists Visit the Terrace * Princess Budurs 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 Mens Stares