Women, Gender and Language in Morocco

by Fatima Sadiqi

This volume deals with the complex but poorly understood relationship between women, gender, and language in Morocco, a Muslim, multilingual, multicultural, and developing country. The hypothesis on which the book is based is that an understanding of gender perception and women's agency can be achieved only by taking into account the structure of power in a specific culture and that language is an important component of this power. In Moroccan culture,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004128530
• ISBN13: 9789004128538
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"