AN237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Burqa, Couscous, Eurocentrism

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The veil and western views of muslim women. Homar: not only from the 19th century but earlier, literature has had a stereotype of what these cultures are like (primitive). It"s a eurocentric view of the other and it"s used to justify colonization: depiction: sexual cultures, controlled by their husbands, etc. > post cards also contribute to this stereotype. Niqab: she represents the middle east, since couscous is seen as representing the middle east. It"s a reflection of how the west views people from the middle east (mysterious): it perpetuated the stereotype, other way around: hamburgers and fat americans, connection to video: the idea that muslim women are oppressed. A lot of women were then required to wear the veil and it cost some problem. In the 1930s, they banned the veil and then women felt like they couldn"t go out. Who are we to judge: canada portrays itself as multicultural so this is contradictory.

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