SA 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: September 11 Attacks, Jiwani, Hijab

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 345
• Professor: Parin Dossa

Document Summary

Also forms concept of who does not belong in the imagined community. West is rational, developed, humane, and superior. Sa345 unit 10: covering canada"s role in the war on terror jiwani. Analyzes the globe and mail"s events following 9/11. Found that the media reflects a national imagined community. Mechanisms for surveillance and profiling are legitimized. Coverage after 9/11 dealt with shock and horror of attacks. Contrast hard men of the desert with innocent men of america. Use of language such as ancient tribal cultures build on blood and revenge . East is constructed as homogenous, traditional, barbaric, irrational, hyper-emotional, and anti-modern. Construction of bin laden as an evil genius. Does not seem fair to go after an opponent who is weak. Excuse for not being able to find/destroy him. Resonate with orientalist notions of all that is middle eastern. Associated with islam and backlash against muslims. Suggests of a primitive civilization driven by fanaticism.