A SEL-CIED BIBLIOGRAPHY , OF IN THE APAB CRIDl~ WITH PAR!IUR EMPHASIS ON MORCOCO 83/B-0 Fc e 41 ElU KI A SEIECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WWMEIN WT ARAB IDRID WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON .MOROCCO 83/B-01 Compiled by: Marion Marshall Editor, Wcmen and International Development Research and Information Center, with the help of WIDRIC stafi. Women and Liternaticnal Development Research and Information Center 1246 Social Sciences Building 267 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 Fall 1982, Winter/Spring 1993 We gratefully acknowledge receipt of a Title XXI Strengthening Graat. administered by the College of Agriculture., which facilitated conpilatiin of materials. This bibliography is intended for internal use and should not be duplicated or quoted without permission. PREFACE PURPOSE: The purpose of this bibliography is to list books, publications, review articles and other graphic material basic to research, both general and specific, on wren in the Arab wrld, with spec .fic reference to norocco. It is intended to be an internal guide for the faculty and students at the University of Minnesota who are interested in this subject matter and area. The emphasis is on the social sciences and agriculture and it is not, by definition, intended to be comprehensive. Emphasis is upon material available at War"n and International Developmnt Research and Information Center and the University of Minnesota libraries. However, selected other titles on the broader topic of Muslim Wamen throughout the Middle East are included for those who -ant to explore the topic furthe2r. These materials are available through th-e National Research Library Network. Material available at WIDRIC and abstracted by WIDRIC staff has bee identified as such. Since it was not possible to abstract all aterials personally, other sources have been listed and we ackyewlodge these in the final sec-ion. Camputer searches for material were conducted and updated as of Spring 1983. Most of the material abstracted and held by WIDRIC is on line with BRS's National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Da tahse. SPECIFICATIONS SCOPE: The scope of the project is broad and multidisciplinary in approach. Further self-iposed limitations of this bibliography are as follows: 1. Tim period is from 1970 - present. 2. Only material published in English is included* because it is intended for a University of Minnesota audience of scholars and studoits. 3. Materials are available at, or through, the University of Minnesota. Please consult a reference librarian for further help. *Many excellent materials, available in Arabic, French, Dutch or German, were excluded. TAI3E (IF CONrENTh: 1. Materials on hand at WIDRIC, annotated and abstracted by WIDRIC staff. Section A. Pp. 1-4 2. Materials held in U of MLibraries. Section B. a. fk.DKs pp. 5-6 b. Articles pp. 6-9 3. Materials available through the National Research Library Network. Section C. a. Books pp. 10-11 b. Articles pp. 11-12 4. Bibliographies obtainable in the Reference Room p. 13 in Wilson Library. SeactionI A MATERIALS AVAIlABLE IN THE WOMEN AND nqJJE0WIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND INFORMATION CENTFR (WIDRIC), UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, AND ABSTRAC BY WIDRIC STAFF BOOKS Beck, Lois and Nikki Keddie, Eds. Women in the Muslim World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979. A collection of essays ab-iit Muslim women, riany of which deal "with wmen's interactions with the family and all its members." Essay topics vary: the inportance of the bride's virginity, the preference fur early marriage, the wife as the producer of sons, the maltreatment of a (presumed) sterile or exclusively dauqhter-producing wife, the relative freedom in early childhood or after menopause, and the nature of interpersonal relationships with parents, brothers, an( later with husbands. "The chapters in this volume are organized into four parts: general perspectives on legal and socioeconnic change; historical perspectives; specific case studies on nomads, villagers, and town and city dwellers; and ideological, religious, and ritual sy3tens." Coulson, Noel and Doreen Hinchcliffe. "Women and Law Reform in Contemporary Islam." In Women in the Muslim World. Eds. Lois Beck and Nikki Keddie. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979, pp. 37-51. Although the rules of conduct contained in the Koran, the primary source of Islamic religius law, were intended to improve the social status of women in Muslim society, the general ethical injunctions of the Koran were rarely transformed into legally enforceable rules. They were binding only on the individual conscience. This is because the Koran is not primarily a legislative docunnt, but rather a declaration of fundamental Islamic ethics. This chapter examines the process of juristic development over the last two centuries, and the present impetus for legal reform concerning five principal topics: capacity to marry, polygam', divorce, custody of children, and succession. A clhronological table of reforms is supplied at the end of the chapter. Davis, Susan B. Patience and Pcwer: Women's Lives in a Moroccan Village. Cambridge, MA: Schenkman Publishing Co., 1983. The author gives details of the daily lives and life cycles of Muslim women living in a large Moroccan village. She describes the social, econoaic, religious, and politizal roles of these women and compares thefr sphere to that of men. Whilst recognizing the widely differentiated sex roles in Moruccan society, she argues that the stereotype of traditional M-oroccan women has lead researchers to overlook the many ways w influence their status. The author describes the formal and informal roles women play in both the private and the public domain. The book has a number of excellent photographs which flesh out the description of the women. Davis, Susan Schaefer. "Working Women in a Moroccan Village." In WVxen in the Muslim World. Eds. Lois Beck and Nikki Keddie. Cambridge, MA: iarard University Press, 1979, pp. 416-432. This essay examines the economic roles available to Muslim women in one large Muslim village -2­ and assesses the effects that playing these roles has on their status in Moroccan society. The results indicate that for most of tic women in this ommnity woring lowered their status. The effect of a jcb on a woman's status "is depreciatory because the ideal woman is a virtuous wife and a good mother and remains in her home and out of the public eye." The jobs that enhance status take place inside the home, preferably as a center of a communication network. "Informition about others is power and car be used to raise or lower their status and thus control them." Dwyer, Daisy H. "Women, Sufism, and Decision-Making in Moroccan Islam" In Women in the Muslim World. Eds. Lois Beck and Nikki Keddie. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979, pp. 585-598 Tis chapter focuses on waen's impact upon religious decision-making as it occurs in the lives of both female and male Muslims. During ., child-bearing and child-rearing years of a marriage, women tend to be more involved in Sufi relgious orders or cults. During these years, women are responsi.­ ble for the well-being of the younger children. For this reason, woman seek the support of saints and the Sufi order. f an, however, have access to alternatives not readily available to wimen, i.e. they hold divorce rights, and rights to medical aid. As a result, women are more actively involved in Sufi orders than are men. Fernea, Elizabeth W. A Street in Marrakech: A Personal Encounter with the Lives of Moroccan Woman. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1975. The author gives a vivid account of her 18 months in Marrakech with her husband and three children. They chose to live in the Medina rather than in the "European" section of town: a choice which made life there more interesting but more difficult. At first, women ignored her but gradually she became friends with her neighbors and gained teir confi­ dence. The book provides insight into the daily life of Moroccan woman urban dwllers of the lower middle and middle classes. She explores their attitudes and feelings about their lives through her accounts of everyday incidents on Rue Tr~sor. Maher, Vanessa. "Women and Social Change in Morocco." In Wren in the Muslim World. Eds. Lois Beck and Nikki Keddie. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979, pp. 100-123. The status of wcmen in Moroccan society is discussed with frequent references to tradition and historical significance. The stratification of woen's roles and behavior starts with the differences betveen rural and urban women, their relation to property and to the ma-ket. Contemporary Moroccan women are further categorized as elite women, educated working women, women of the old urban bourgeoisie, women dependent on state-employed men, country woman, "free" wmen, migrant women and women factory workers. The influence of the changing attitudes about fertility are discussed, as well as the contradictions between ideology and reality, and its influence of the education of women. Rosen, Lawrence. "The Negotiation of Reality: Male-Female Relation-, in Sefrou, Morocco." In Women in the Muslim World. Eds. Lois Beck and Nikki Keddie. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979, pp. 561­ 584. This chapter focuses on a western perspective of the social separa­ -3­ ticn of Moroccan men and women. This corresponds to certain conceptual differentiation on the part of men (who may assume that a marriage i not a relationship of equals), and wamtan (who may emphasize the malleability of internal family relationships). As a result of these differing concepts among Moroccan men and women, it becomes the "natural sphere"with the man within the "cultural sphere". "Nature" and "culture" correspxd to the private and public sectors of social life. Emphasis is placed on the man's perception of %;omen and the woman's power within the household.