CGS 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Lauren Berlant, Algerian War, Reza Shah
17 Nov 2016
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Group presentation on tuesday will focus on puar article. The only real defining part of nationhood. Every nation has been violent, the only way to accept your nation as. Nation is not physical, requires people to believe that they are a certain kind of person and belonging to a place. People must subscribe to it and want to participate as citizens. People have to sign up for it. Women should have gained from the revolution because they fought so hard during it. Lucat argues that women were given very feminine tasks that didn"t challenge gender roles. Women were then given away by nationalist figures instead of father. Religion used as a tool against women. The battle of the veil - forcibly unveil covered women to enforce colonial rule. Claims against algerian nationalists were treated as betrayal. Often used in white western narrative to help women". Reza shah ban vs. islamic revolution in iran.
