Cieraodwyer

intro - "I will be reviewing two plays performed by Ajoka Theatre: Barri, and Kala Meda Bhes, in reference to Anne McClintock and Afsaneh Najmabadi’s theories of nationalism. McClintock explores the nation as an extended family, wherein this domestic metaphor for the nation offers a ‘natural’ social hierarchy which sustains masculine dominance. Whilst men represent progressive modernity, women’s domestic roles as mothers and nurturers are politicised and their political role is attach...

Documents include extensive reading for an essay which received a First grade. 2 weeks worth of readings and notes. (25 pages) Readings include: Anne McClintock. ‘Family Feuds: Gender, Nationalism and the Family’, Feminist Review No. 44, Summer 1993, pp.61-80 The Erotic Vatan [Homeland] as Beloved and Mother: To Love, to Possess, and To Protect Author(s): Afsaneh Najmabadi Source: Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Jul., 1997), pp. 442-467 C H AP TE R ...

These notes are from the 1-term module 'Imagining Pakistan' This module aims to develop and foster a deeper understanding of Pakistan's popular culture. It will cover a wide range of themes including constructions of identity, representations of honour killing, contexts of piety and modernity, visual cultures, sexual politics, diaspora narratives and the politics of censorship and free speech. Included are notes from the classes, as well as in-depth notes from the set readings for each...