Strategies of Resistance in the Dramatic Texts of North African Women

Laura Chakravarty Box is Assistant Professor at Colby College.

• Preface 1. INTRODUCTION The Image and the Word The Present Study Problems of Categorization 2. CONTEXT Theoretical Considerations: Arabic + Drama? Ancient and Old Forms of Arab (and Amazigh) Theatre Western-Style Theatre in the Middle East and North Africa 3. NORTH AFRICAN WOMEN ARTISTS AND THEIR SOCIETY Women and Society in North Africa Women's Creative Production Women and Performance: Border-Walking Women and Writing: the Body of Words 4. IMPORTANT WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS AND THE GENRES THEY WORK IN Tunisia Algeria Morocco France Other Contemporary Performance Genres 5. PREDOMINANT THEMES IN NORTH AFRICAN WOMEN'S DRAMATIC LITERATURE Translation and Its Impact on Textual Interpretation A Network of Relationships Forces of Change Apocalyptic Visions: We All Fall Down 6. STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE Specific Issues Strategies of Resistance 7. CONCLUSION Appendix A: Plays Cited in the Study Appendix B: A 'Who's Who' of Women in Modern and Contemporary North African Theatre