WOMEN FROM AFRICA: Cultures, Identities ... - SFU Library
WOMEN FROM AFRICA: Cultures, Identities ... - SFU Library
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Week 10 – July 20War Zones and Violence: <strong>Identities</strong>, Memories, PoliticsProposal final research paperMid-term dueCawo Mohamed Abdi, “Convergence of Civil War and the Religious Right: Reimagining Somali Women”(Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 33.1 (2007): 183-207)Meredeth Turshen, “The Political Economy of Rape: An Analysis of Systematic Rape and Sexual Abuse ofWomen during Armed Conflicts in Africa”Valerie Preston and Madeleine Wong, “Geographies of Violence: Women and Conflict in Ghana”Véronique Tadjo, The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of RwandaScreening: The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo (dir. Lisa F. Jackson, 2007)Week 11 – July 27HIV/AIDSCritital Response to The Shadow of ImanaStephen Lewis, Race Against TimeDoreen Baingana, “A Thank-You Note” (chapter V from Tropical Fish)Screening: Yesterday (dir. Darrell Roodt)Week 12 – August 3New Media and ConclusionLila Abu-Lughod, “The Interpretations of Culture(s) After Television”(online, Representations 59 (Summer, 1997): 109-134)Sarah Nuttall, “Stylizing the Self: The Y Generation in Rosebank, Johannesburg”(online, Public Culture 16.3 (2004): 430-452)Screening: Nollywood Lady (dir. Dorothee Wenner, 2008)Round-table discussion on essay topics and potluck!August 5, Thursday, by noonResearch Paper due(12-13 pages, worth 25% of final grade)5