HISTORIA DE VIDA DE UNA MUJER ESPAÑOLA CASADA CON UN MARROQUÍ DURANTE EL PROTECTORADO ESPAÑOL

Abstract

Theaim of this ethnographic study is to discover thecharacteristic features within intercultural or mixed marriages in a particular time and place: the Morocco of the Protectorate (1912-1956). This is the lifestory of Maria, a 93-year-old Spaniard born in Torrox (Spanish town in the province of Malaga) and married to a Moroccan. In addition to all the bibliography consulted for the development of the theoretical framework of this research, we have had recordings, photographs and letters from the informant, which have been provided by her daughter. It should be noted that the interview could not be conducted in person because of the declaration of the state of alarm in the country during the month of March due to the health crisis produced by the COVID-19. Of the various recordings in which the interviewer tells of her life in different Moroccan cities, very hard and complicated fragments of her life are gathered, while reflecting the strength and determination of Maria in the face of the adversities and prohibitions of the institutions of the Protectorate in the face of mixed marriages. Marrying a Moroccan was forbidden and frowned upon by the society of the time, but even so, Maria managed to be happy with her husband and children.