Feminine

February 8, 2009

(mis)represention of Iranian women

Filed under: Uncategorized — Femiran @ 1:28 am

Every day I come across various books,articles,documentaries about Iranian women and Iranian young girls. Mostly written and produced by the foreigners or second generation Iranians who’ve just visited Iran and have not had the chance to live there. Some of the them are really superficial and could not figure out what really is happening in depth of the society. There are plenty of generalizations, mostly according to the experiences and life styles of the a small group of Iranian society.
They are representing us (Iranian women and youngsters), in some cases, very different of what we really are. Since they are master in language, they have more chance to be in the position of representing.

What bothers me is that I really could not find myself through these works.

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