Paroles de femmes, paroles volées: Les souks au maghreb

Deborah A. Kapchan

doi:10.4267/2042/14959

Paroles de femmes, paroles volées: Les souks au maghreb

Translated title of the contribution: Women's words, stolen words: Markets in the maghreb

Deborah A. Kapchan

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In Moroccan Markets, vendors deploy their oratory skills to attract potential customers. They incorporate Koranic verses, poems or common places about the deviousness of women in the composition of these performances. This article offers an analysis of the changing public role of women in Morocco from the perspective of market womens' citation of such traditionally male forms of oral expresssion. The ironic, ambivalent and sometimes liberating use of these genres of expression demonstrate the transformative nature of mimesis.

Translated title of the contribution	Women's words, stolen words: Markets in the maghreb
Original language	French
Pages (from-to)	143-151
Number of pages	9
Journal	HERMES
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4267/2042/14959
State	Published - 1998

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Communication
Sociology and Political Science

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