CHYS 2P38 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Counterpoint, Ak-47, Chat Room
15 Jan 2016
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Rebelle compared to blood diamond: racialized discourses of child. The uses of iboga: trauma and redemption. Komona"s journey from childhood: individual rights and obligations. Africa as a dark continent scarred by slavery, aids, and war. Incompetent govnt (deserves our charity to save it, westerners treating africa as a hopeless cause) Blood diamond (2006) is about (white) l. dicaprio rescuing a child from a rebel army his father incapable of saving him, needs white man to help him (both helpless) Holland images of children foreclose on questions of blame, responsibility and culpability that arise when adults pictured politics of pity (child soldier plays similar role) (cid:2) Child soldier worthy of rescue because they are believed to have no responsibility for their actions. Komona an iconic child soldier who makes a journey out of childhood on her own makes childhood out of the war itself (had to sever social relationships so they could never go back to their village)
