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SUMMARY:Unveiling the Veiled in Marjane Satrapi's Two-Volume Graphic Memoir Persepolis and  Rajaa Alsanea's Girls of Riyadh: a Revolutionary Perspective
DESCRIPTION:THE DEPARTMENT OF GENDER STUDIES PRESENTS \nUnveiling the Veiled in Marjane Satrapi’s Two-Volume Graphic Memoir Persepolis and Rajaa Alsanea’s Girls of Riyadh: a Revolutionary Perspective Dr. Engy Ashour TorkyAssistant Professor of English Literature\, Sadat Academy of Management Sciences\, EgyptFulbright Visiting Scholar\, UC BerkeleyTuesday\, February 7th\, 2017 3-4:30 pm2125 Rolfe Hall This talk will unveil and highlight the different “power” structures imposed on Muslim women in two Muslim dictatorial countries (Iran and Saudi Arabia) through comparing Persepolis\, by Iranian-born French graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi\, and Girls of Riyadh\, by Saudi writer Rajaa Alsanea. The two literary texts are re-visited\, tackled and dissected in the light of Foucauldian treatments of “power” and “resistance.”
URL:https://gender.ucla.edu/event/unveiling-the-veiled-in-marjane-satrapis-two-volume-graphic-memoir-persepolis-and-rajaa-alsaneas-girls-of-riyadh-a-revolutionary-perspective/
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