Dans l'enfer des tournantes

In the Hell of the Tournantes

Cover to French paperback edition of Dans l'enfer des tournantes.
Author Samira Bellil
Original title Dans l'enfer des tournantes
Language French
Genre Non-fiction
Publication date
 October 9, 2002
Media type Print
Pages 307
ISBN 2-07-042990-3

Dans l'enfer des tournantes (In the Hell of the Tournantes) is a book by French activist Samira Bellil.[1]

In the Muslim immigrant culture of the banlieues, gang-rapes are referred to as tournantes, or "pass-arounds").[2][3]

The book focuses on life in neighborhoods (banlieues) of France where Samira says that she and countless other young girls have been victims of organized gang-rapes known as tournantes.[4][5] It was first published on October 9, 2002.

References

  1. ↑ George, Rose (12 September 2004). "Obituary: Samira Bellil". The Guardian.
  2. ↑ Ireland, Susan (Winter 2007). "Textualizing Trauma in Samira Bellil's Dans l'enfer des tournantes and Fabrice Génestal's La squale". Dalhousie French Studies 81: 131–141.
  3. ↑ Hron, Madelaine (2010). Translating Pain: Immigrant Suffering in Literature and Culture. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-9324-1.
  4. ↑ Ireland, Susan (Winter 2007). "Textualizing Trauma in Samira Bellil's Dans l'enfer des tournantes and Fabrice Génestal's La squale". Dalhousie French Studies 81: 131–141.
  5. ↑ Hron, Madelaine (2010). Translating Pain: Immigrant Suffering in Literature and Culture. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-9324-1.


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