...” about, in the “silent” and secure ways of the palimpsestic style of writing, Mayda’s desire and her quest. The impasse Mayda finds herself in, between loving a man and avoiding marriage, is subtly handled by two female helpers, namely, Ms. Sira the mentor and Herika the evil woman. While Ms. Sira...

...Indira Falk Gesink Abstract Sexuality scholarship demonstrates the historical production of the male/female sexual binary in scientific discourse. While some scholars have applied the insights of this scholarship to modern Islamic contexts, studies on intersex persons ( khuntha ) in premodern...

... eliminating all opposition, both male and female, yet reserving specific apparatuses of control over women who transgress against the inter- twined taboos of political activism and writing memories about women’s political activities. From writing on women’s bodies to writing...

... sultane and Fatima Mernissi’s Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood .” In Discursive Geographies: Writing Space and Place in French , edited by Garane Jeanne , 119 – 30 . Amsterdam : Rodopi . Mernissi Fatima . 1991 . The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation...