Family, Abandonment, and Secret Adoption in Morocco
by
Jamila Bargach
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2002
Orphans of Islam portrays the abject lives and 'excluded body' of abandoned and bastard children in contemporary Morocco, while critiquing the concept and practice of 'adoption,' which too often is considered a panacea. Through a close and historically grounded reading of legal, social, and cultural...