ANTH 1a Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Burqa, Eurocentrism, Lifeworld

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Modesty is seen as a means of demonstrating control of normal passions and the taming of the uncontrollable. Acceptable way to do this is to channel into poems. Women who work as street vendors saw wearing a burqa as aspirational . Don"t have the luxury to remove and protect yourself from society like that. Allows women freedom of movement and observation in public spaces, so they don"t have to remain in the home. Honor is central to sense of self. Sources of honor: independence and autonomy for the collective. Sense of identity as resisting the egyptian state. Demonstrating self control through modesty, because it is the taming of the uncontrollable. Moral worth is connected to one"s relationship to natural passions and functions. Sexuality is understood as something good, but powerful and must be contained. Expressing emotions as poetry is honorable because it shows self-mastery and persuasion.

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