Blackness and the double bind of representation in Tahar Ben Jelloun's Le Mariage de Plaisir.

This paper focuses on the double bind of the representation of Blackness in Tahar Ben Jelloun's Le Mariage de plaisir (The Pleasure Marriage), a novel in which the Moroccan author tackles the controversial yet pervasive issue that is anti-Blackness in his home country. Ben Jelloun does so through th...

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Published in:	Journal of North African Studies Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 878 - 910
Main Author:	Bates, Séverine
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2025
Subjects:	Senegal Maghreb (North Africa) Morocco Anti-Black racism Marriage Racial identity of Black people Race relations Stereotypes Representation (Philosophy) Novelists
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