by Fatema Mernissi · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724119144
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«Sonhos Proibidos: Memórias de um Harém de Fez» is the memoir by Fatema Mernissi, published by ASA Edições in paperback (194 pages, in Portuguese).
The author recalls her childhood in a harem in Fez in the 1940s and recreates the dreams, stories and fantasies of the women who shared that space with her. Between personal memory and social testimony, the text portrays the restrictions weighing on women and the desires for freedom that fueled their imagination.
Originally published as «Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood» in 1994; the Portuguese translation is by Tomás Vaz da Silva. 1998 edition, in the Documentos collection.
For readers interested in memoirs, feminism and the social history of Morocco, and in autobiographies that combine the intimate with cultural reflection.
Fatema Mernissi was a Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist.
