Other ways of being:  The Male Dancer, Berdache, Hijras

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For finals, please come prepared with your honor killing source packet.  In addition, you have a supplementary packet:  biological roots, gossip, scandal, shame or intrafamily femicide.  Think about the questions that follow each of the sources, mark those you think it important for us to discuss, and be ready to go to the text.

Some interesting articles and graphics from the New York Times recently on the differences between Sunni and Shia Islam, relevant to Guests

Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?

Questions from Abu-Lughod's "Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?"

-what are similarities & differences between the post 9/11 context of the article's publication and today's ISIS/Paris/SanBernadino world?

-Why does Abu-Lughod have a problem with "saving" Muslim women?

-What does Abu-Lughod mean by "colonial feminism?"

-What does Abu-Lughod mean by "imaginary geography of West versus East?" (784)

-What does Abu-Lughod mean by "we need to be suspicious when  neat cultural icons are plastered over messier historical and political narratives?" (785)

-What can we learn from this article about the history and politics of veiling in Afghanistan?