K Bekkaoui: 1 book
White Women Captives in North Africa
Narratives of Enslavement, 1735-1830
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction which links the discourse on contemporary Western women captives in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq with that of former white captives in North Africa.
