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Women and Domestic Power in Morocco

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2009

Amul Rassam
Amul Rassam
Affiliation:
Queens College of the City University of New York
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The subordination of women to men in Mediterranean societies is characterized by public segregation, relegation of women to the private sphere of the home, and control of their behavior through the operation of an elaborate code of “Honor and Shame,” a code whose outstanding features are the maintenance of virginity before marriage and strict fidelity after it. The specific expression of these criteria, however, varies greatly between the Christian and Moslem sides of the Mediterranean where two distinct cultural traditions prevail. In this essay, I shall examine some aspects of the status of women in Morocco in terms of their familial roles and the patterns of domestic interactions that operate within the traditional, patriarchal, extended household.

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , September 1980 , pp. 171 - 179
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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