HUMAN 1C Lecture 18: humcorewk10lec1
4 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Jessica Mangold
HumCore
Professor Rahimieh
Week 10 Lecture 1
6/4/18
How Can One Be Iranian? – At Home & In Exile
Introduction
- how can people cope with memories that they don’t want to bring up
- specifically memories of the revolution + such in Iran
Changes in Iran After Revolution
- loss of kind of basic civility in society
- Persepolis -> scene when going to supermarket
- addresses Marji’s mother as “sister”
- Iranians referred to each other as brother + sister
- became customary during Islamic regime
- wanted to feel like they are one group
- refers to her in familiar pronoun, not formal
- Marji’s mother asks for respect + man says he screws women like her + then
dumps them in the trash
- loss of manners, respect, + civility
- those in power felt entitled
- laws changed in favor of those who were in power
- contrast to Marji’s mother + grandmother’s excitement for revolution
- tears of shock + regret -> questioning how revolution they supported is now
targeting them
- difficult to work through collective Iranian memory
- Persepolis -> scene where Marji responds to dress code + revolutionary guards
- argues with changes to dress code + points out that women also have sexual
feelings, not just the boys
- challenges their ruling as it applies to her own subject of study
- women given so much responsibility for appearance + male gaze -> males
themselves do not have to have responsibility
- moment that led to her leaving country -> not safe for her to issue these
challenges in public spaces
- asks what the point of religion was in the situation
- became difficult to question religious belief after the revolution
- Persepolis -> scene where tells grandmother that got man arrested
- not unusual for Marji + her family to lie to protect themselves
- in this case she got man arrested + Marji finds it funny -> grandmother gets
angry with her
- wanted to avoid getting in trouble for wearing makeup
- gets mad at her since grandfather has been arrested for defending the
innocent
- everyone has a choice -> regardless of restrictions + difficulties that they
face it is not ok to become an oppressor
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Document Summary
How can people cope with memories that they don"t want to bring up. Specifically memories of the revolution + such in iran. Iranians referred to each other as brother + sister. Wanted to feel like they are one group. Refers to her in familiar pronoun, not formal. Marji"s mother asks for respect + man says he screws women like her + then dumps them in the trash. Laws changed in favor of those who were in power. Contrast to marji"s mother + grandmother"s excitement for revolution. Tears of shock + regret -> questioning how revolution they supported is now targeting them. Difficult to work through collective iranian memory. Loss of kind of basic civility in society. Persepolis -> scene when going to supermarket. Persepolis -> scene where marji responds to dress code + revolutionary guards. Persepolis -> scene where tells grandmother that got man arrested. Not unusual for marji + her family to lie to protect themselves.
