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| Plot Summary of Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood |
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"In her autobiography, Fatima Mernissi retells events from her childhood as part of a Moroccan family harem. The novel exposes the multiplicity of experiences faced by women living and harems. Mernissi talks about the confusion she experiences as a young girl in a harem against the backdrop of Moroccan nationalism, Westernization, and the nascent women's rights movements."
Judy Berman, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- women fighting for rights
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)
- Arab
Gender/Class story?
- woman's story
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
ethnic of society (outside)
- Arab
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Big/small town?
- small town
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a kid
Ethnicity
- Arab
Nationality
- North African
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other people
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 ()
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- Arabic Africa
Small town?
Yes
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- wicked men
- religion
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 26-50% of book
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