Further to our class discussion today, I thought I'd cross post this from the Kaalratri blog:
Naked activism by many women around the globe has provoked a strong
response in the media from social commentators and academics, many
condemning this tactic as some form of forced western imperialism and
superficial shock tactics. In many of the arguments mounted against
FEMEN, many critics have stated the right of those within cultural and
ethnic groups to practice and demonstrate within their own “culturally
acceptable” confines.
But what if, it is those very confines that are oppressing women in the first place?
Read on here: http://kaalratri.com/2013/04/14/the-naked-truth/
On the question of who speaks for whom - and whether Muslim women need saving - see also this piece by Lila Abu Lughod (2002): http://webbox.lafayette.edu/~alexya/courses/readings/Abu-Lughod_Do%20Muslim%20Women.pdf
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