The Texts of Human Rights: Moroccan Prison Testimonials by Victims of the Lead Years

Abstract

1st ed. Assesses to what extent Moroccan francophone literature, press, and film reflect the socio-cultural and political transitions that have taken place in Morocco since 1999 and King Mohamed VI's coronation. Enunciating the unsaid and the historically "inconceivable" in the words of contemporary Francophone Morocco -- The power of engagement : writing in/on the front lines of politics and culture in the new Morocco -- The texts of human rights : Moroccan prison testimonials by victims of the Lead Years -- Publishing women : the feminine voices of social activists -- Sexuality, gender, and the homoerotic novel of the new Morocco -- TelQuel : Morocco as it is in the journals, magazines, and newspapers of the Francophone press -- The humanist individual in contemporary Morocco -- Morocco on the screen : cinema in the new Morocco.