Nation, Gender, Trauma, Resistance and History in Moroccan Prison Writings
Nation, Gender, Trauma, Resistance and History in Moroccan Prison Writings Ismail Frouini Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco This doctoral thesis aims at studying the intersectional mode of existence of power, gender, trauma, resistance and history in the prison writings of the “Years of Lead” Morocco (1956-1999). This period is notorious in the Moroccan history for the cruelty and the abuse of power, forcible disappearance, arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of the opponents of Hassan II‟s regime. Consequently, between 1974 and 1976, waves of arrests targeted thousands of dissidents and activists. Many of these voices of the dissidents, who were opponents of Hassan II‟s regime, were arrested owing to their political strategic locations as well as affiliations (predominantly, Leftist and Marxist affiliations). The dissidents and activists who have spoken truth to their hegemonic and coercive powers have been arbitrarily driven into the prison repressive apparatuses on false allegations and long prison sentences. Nation, Gender, Trauma, Resistance and History in Moroccan Prison Writings examines different forms of resistance, state-sponsored, gendered, systemic as well as epistemic violence and trauma in the Moroccan prison writings. Post-colonial Moroccan society‟s traumatic experiences are a reflection of the impact of power on the course of history, society, culture, politics, and gender relations (El Guabli, 2014 & 2018 & Orlando, 2009 & 2011). Post-colonial Morocco witnessed many transformative/traumatic events that shaped its transitional process. These events include the two failed coups d‟état in 1971 and 1972 and the Casablanca uprising in the 1980s, among others. These events were met with the Moroccan authorities‟ abuse of power, arbitrary imprisonment of the people involved, and violations of human rights.
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