Keywords
Keywords: Colonial brothel, Heterotopia, Feminist psychology, Amazigh literature, Female agency, Resistance, Spatial subversion, Patriarchal domination.
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This article examines how Kadawi's novel Ussan Indryen Sadu Lalla Turtutest transforms the colonial brothel from a site of oppression into a space of resistance and emancipation. While colonial powers in North Africa established regulated prostitution systems to control indigenous women and enforce racial segregation, Kadawi subverts this historical reality by reimagining the brothel as a Foucauldian heterotopia where traditional power structures are dismantled. Through the relationship between protagonist Yettu and brothel keeper Mamma, the narrative challenges both colonial and patriarchal authority while rewriting women into North African resistance history. Our analysis primarily draws on Foucault's spatial theory alongside feminist psychological frameworks advanced by Lorde, Butler, and others to explore how the novel reconfigures marginalized spaces, contests dual domination systems, and creates new possibilities for female agency in contemporary Amazigh literature.
DOI
10.5642/jas.HQVN4074
Recommended Citation
APA Citation: El Jarari, M. (2026). De la domination masculine et coloniale à la résistance féminine : le bordel colonial comme espace de subversion dans Ussan Indryen Sadu Lalla Turtut de Kadawi. Journal of Amazigh Studies, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.5642/jas.HQVN4074
MLA Citation: El Jarari, Mohamed. "De la domination masculine et coloniale à la résistance féminine : le bordel colonial comme espace de subversion dans Ussan Indryen Sadu Lalla Turtut de Kadawi." 4, 1 (2026). doi:10.5642/jas.HQVN4074.