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Black And White Memories: Re-Inscription Of Visual Orientalism In Embroideries, Esmaeil Zeiny
Black And White Memories: Re-Inscription Of Visual Orientalism In Embroideries, Esmaeil Zeiny
Esmaeil Zeiny
In the aftermath of the tragedies of 9/11, the West began to represent the East in a darker way. The western mass media, and the art and literary markets are riddled with visual discourses that consolidate the stereotypical representation of the Orient. One of these visual discourses which strengthen the stereotypes is the portrayals of Eastern women. Almost without exception, the whole mass media use images of eastern veiled women either as victim or lecherous to bolster its East/West demarcation. These sorts of images can be found in some contemporary Muslim women’s works as well. By examining the history of …
Muslim Women’S Memoirs: Disclosing Violence Or Reproducing Islamophobia?, Esmaeil Zeiny
Muslim Women’S Memoirs: Disclosing Violence Or Reproducing Islamophobia?, Esmaeil Zeiny
Esmaeil Zeiny
As an upshot of 9/11, the literary market in the West saw a proliferation in writings by and about Muslim women. Many of these works are memoirs which focus on Islam, a patriarchal society, and the state’s oppression on women. These Muslim women memoirists take the western readers into a journey of unseen and unheard events of their private lives which is apparently of great interest for the westerners. Some of these memoirs, which reveal the atrocities and hardships of living in a Muslim society under oppressive Islamic regimes, are fraught with stereotypes and generalizations. Utilizing Gillian Whitlock’s theory of …