Please read the 3 readings required for Week 9.
There will be an open note in class writing assessment.
For Frye’s article “The Necessity of Differences”
1. Find out her definition of a positive category of woman.
For Macdonald’s article “Muslim Woman and The Veil”, be prepared to answer next questions,
2. Why Muslim women veil themselves according to Qur’anic injunction?
3. How does the meaning of “veil” be reconstructed, especially in the wake of 9/11?
For Echchaibi’s article “Gendered Blueprints”, be prepared to answer the next question,
4. What is the author’s definition of “The modern Muslim man”?
You will have 15 minutes to complete your in class writing. Feel free to either bring in notes or write down your answers and bring them to class
Thank you !
Chenny