Moroccan Feminist Discourses

251 Pages·2014·2.099 MB·English

by  Fatima Sadiqi (auth.)

Comparative Feminist Studies Series

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Moroccan Feminist Discourses
by Fatima Sadiqi
Moroccan Feminist Discourses

Fatima Sadiqi
moroccan feminist discourses
Copyright © Fatima Sadiqi, 2014.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-39268-8
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DOI 10.1057/9781137455093
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sadiqi, Fatima.
Moroccan feminist discourses / Fatima Sadiqi.
pages cm.—(Comparative feminist studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Feminism—Morocco. 2. Women, Berber—Morocco.
3. Women and religion—Morocco. I. Title.
HQ1236.5.M8S23 2014
305.420964—dc23 2014011374
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.
Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India.
First edition: September 2014
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For my dear husband Moha
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Contents

List of Illustrations ix
Series Editor’s Foreword xi
Note on Transliteration xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
One The Berber Challenge 11
Two The Historicity of Berber Women’s Agency 33
Three Sources of Authority in Moroccan Culture 67
Four Secular and Islamic Feminist Discourses 113
Five The Berber Dimension 153
Notes 197
Bibliography 219
Index 235
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Illustrations

Figure
3.1 Gender-linked sources of authority in Moroccan culture 90
Tables
4.1 Primary school gross enrolment ratios 1994–2001 117
4.2 Fertility decline in Morocco, 1962 to 2003–04 119
4.3 Fertility and reproductive health indicators for Morocco
by selected wealth quintile, 1992 and 2003–04 120