ARTH 369 Lecture 9:
7 Nov 2018
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Cultural paradoxes, resistance and the politics of apparel. The referential framework of this lecture series would broadly be the major three components: Some of the most powerful mughal women behind the men, who ruled one of the most prosperous country in the world. The veil in their minds and on our heads. Western feminism"s failure to interrogate critically colonial racist and androcentric constructs of women of non-western cultures forces muslim women to choose between ghting sexism or racism. Women in qajar, iran were astonished by the clothing of western women and their discomfort that women must feel in heavy and tight garments. They felt that western societies were unkind to their women by attempting to change the shape of their bodies forcing them into horrendous corsets. The police had strict orders to pull off and tear up any scarf and chador worn in public.
