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DESCRIPTION:Margaret A. Mills Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cult
 ures\, Ohio State University Afghan Women between Victimhood and Agency Th
 e image of the burka-clad Afghan woman\, silently peering from behind an e
 mbroidered lattice of thread\, has been a powerful icon in justifying our 
 military intervention in Afghanistan\, and in selling books. Above and bey
 ond its deployment in present political arenas\, it partakes of some vener
 able\, essentializing Euro-American stereotypes of the “oriental” woman as
  oppressed victim of “oriental” male dominance. This presentation takes th
 e topic to Afghan women’s own articulations in the western popular press: 
 How do those Afghan women whose words we are able to access\, through memo
 irs\, testimonies and other public speech and writing\, address the issue 
 of Afghan women’s needs and their own potential for social agency or lack 
 thereof? What kinds of agency for action do Afghan women wield\, claim or 
 seek\, and what do they regard or construct as Afghan cultural matters? Wh
 at do Afghan women have to say about their needs\, our intervention\, and 
 its impact? What kinds of readings might their published representations s
 eem to receive in the West\, and with what effect?
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SUMMARY:SAC presents: Margaret A. Mills
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Margaret A. Mills Department of Near Eastern L
 anguages and Cultures\, Ohio State University Afghan Women between Victimh
 ood and Agency The image of the burka-clad Afghan woman\, silently peering
  from behind an embroidered lattice of thread\, has been a powerful icon i
 n justifying our military intervention in Afghanistan\, and in selling boo
 ks. Above and beyond its deployment in present political arenas\, it parta
 kes of some venerable\, essentializing Euro-American stereotypes of the “o
 riental” woman as oppressed victim of “oriental” male dominance. This pres
 entation takes the topic to Afghan women’s own articulations in the wester
 n popular press: How do those Afghan women whose words we are able to acce
 ss\, through memoirs\, testimonies and other public speech and writing\, a
 ddress the issue of Afghan women’s needs and their own potential for socia
 l agency or lack thereof? What kinds of agency for action do Afghan women 
 wield\, claim or seek\, and what do they regard or construct as Afghan cul
 tural matters? What do Afghan women have to say about their needs\, our in
 tervention\, and its impact? What kinds of readings might their published 
 representations seem to receive in the West\, and with what effect?
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