Fadwa Laroui's death highlights some key aspects of protest and media coverage. Although Fadwa initially attempted to change her state of injustice through courts and instructed procedure, she continued to face inequality. As a single mother, she was left a victim of the system that prioritized male gender and married women. However, Fadwa fought back ... [Read more...]
In the first chapters of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi dramatically contrasts God and politics in Marji's childhood mind. Beginning with her birth into religion, Marji associates God as personable, compassionate, and safe. Although these feelings are not explicitly lost, she begins to relate more to revolutionary leaders such as Fidel Castro. The relationship between politics and God ... [Read more...]
The main character of Ishiguro's Artist of the Floating World is categorized by this lost emptiness in post-WWII Japan. Masuji Ono, once a famous painter and supporter of the nationalism of the war effort, now has a filtered memory of his past. What I found most interesting was not his paintings or career as an artist ... [Read more...]
One aspect of Babamakuru's nervous condition can be seen through the glimpses into his intimate belief structure of the spiritual world. His religious beliefs are a clear result of a nervous condition between his traditional Shona practices and the European church he works for and spent much time in. This can be clearly seen through ... [Read more...]
The connotations of the world "witch" land very differently in the United States than in several other parts of the world. With a historical mindset of "enlightenment" and Manifest Destiny, the context of modern witchcraft is not well received in the US. Instead, it has become commercialized, distanced, and made into shallow humor. Although these ... [Read more...]
The photo above shows members of the African National Congress Women's League as they light candles and sing songs in remembrance of Mandela, honoring his death. I chose this photo as a response to the chapter because it shows not only the solidarity of collective action for a common memory-focus, but also supports the ... [Read more...]
6. Protest is not only political and economic, but also fits within a “paradigm of political bloom” (xvii). What are the three factors in this paradigm or model? Protests show aspects of political bloom that are not simply political or economic but also shed light on gender locations, social contestation, and artistic revision. This modern ... [Read more...]