Feminist Traditions in Andalusi-Moroccan Oral Narratives

Feminist Traditions in Andalusi-Moroccan Oral Narratives

by: Hasna Lebbady

ISBN-10: 0230619401

ISBN-13: 9780230619401

Publication date: September 15, 2009

Hardcover: 256 pages
Book Description
This book introduces seven Andalusi-Moroccan women’s tales, analyzes them from literary theoretical perspectives, and reveals them to be vitally feminist. These tales were collected in Tetouan in northe Morocco and few have ever been translated into English. The protagonists, typically Muslim women, come across as being particularly eloquent and capable of outwitting the men in their lives, who tend to be princes and Sultans. Lebbady delves into the structural and thematic features of the tales and draws parallels to the European courtly love tradition.