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Thesis As a Series of Case Studies That UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Besieged by burqas: Analyzing representations of the burqa Mazurski, L.E. Publication date 2015 Document Version Final published version Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Mazurski, L. E. (2015). Besieged by burqas: Analyzing representations of the burqa. General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl) Download date:03 Oct 2021 BESIEGED BY BURQAS: ANALYZING REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BURQA ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof. dr. D.C. van den Boom ten overstaan van een door het college voor promoties ingestelde commissie, in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Agnietenkapel op woensdag 15 april 2015, te 12.00 uur door Lara Elizabeth Mazurski geboren te Thunder Bay, Canada Promotor: prof. dr. M.D. Rosello. Overige leden: prof. dr. Cees Hamelink prof. dr. Yolande Jansen prof. dr. Annelies Moors dr. S.M. Dasgupta Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen ii For Mom, Dad, and Johanna iii iv v vi Acknowledgments It’s a pleasure to thank in writing those who have generously contributed their time, support, and wisdom to me in recent years. Writing and academia are often framed as solitary affairs, which is mostly true but as I worked through this project I have been supported by so many from family and friends to my colleagues at the UVA and abroad. In guiding my research project at the UVA, the suggestions and conversations I have had about women, Islam and the burqa have been essential to making this project both challenging and fulfilling. First, my appreciation extends to my promoter Mireille Rosello for her patience, insight and valuable critiques. Also to my committee members Cees Hamelink, Sudeep Dasgupta, Yolande Jansen and Annelies Moors for taking time out of their busy schedules. Eloe Kingma and Jantine van Gogh for their knowledge and expertise of all things ASCA. In the Netherlands (and abroad) Julia Hoffmann, Jose Manuel Alonso Vicinazo, Johannes von Engelhardt, Niall Martin, Robert Fletcher, and Esra Almas for their enthusiasm and friendship. Additional thanks to those who gave me valued suggestions and assistance along the way James Armel Smith, Paul Caplan, Levent Yilmazik, and Tim Yaczo. To my officemates, colleagues, and friends at the UVA and elsewhere Artyom Ankin, Anik Fournier, Erin la Cour, Aylin Kuryel, Enis Dinc, Simon Ferdinand, Michaela Frischherz, Christopher Clough Hunter, Miriam Meissner, Hugh McDonnell, Blandine Joret, Annelies Kleinherenbrink, Miki Stedler, Margaret Tali, Pedram Dirkabar, Judith Naeff, Hanneke Stuit, Irina Souch, Adam Chambers, Lien van der Lien, Uzma Ansari, Marjan Nijborg, Lucy van de Wiel, Stephanie Macdonald, Saumava Mitra, and Letje Lips. Significantly, in my family, education is something that is not only valued but it is shared, I am indebted to Elizabeth and Wilbert Mazurski for their unwavering support over the years. Last but not least, I would like to thank Johanna Morand, without whom I would not have been able to do any of this. Johanna’s feedback contributed in many ways to the ideas that run throughout this work challenging my thinking about veiled women and the law, spending endless hours not only discussing but also battling through many of the ideas and objects that ran throughout this text. I have been fortunate to know Gili Ezra Nevo, Adair Routhnwaite, Grainne Quinn, Iqbal Mayla, Winona Collier, Joe Thorton, Ans Morand, Felix Deak, Joseph Avena, Papagena Robbins, Si-Phi Kutzenberger, Mark Kozak, and Jim Kozak. A final word of thanks is owed to Hans Moerbeek for the translation of my summary from Dutch to English. Thank you to Jose at Wideland Media for the stunning cover. vii viii List of Images Figure Page 1. Cover of National Geographic (2002) 1 2. A woman wearing a traditional burqa, Reuters (2009) 3 3. A Life Revealed from National Geographic (2002) 12 4. SVP Poster for the 2009 Referendum 38 5. Untitled Image from Farzana Wahidy (2007) 61 6. Burka in the Opera House of Leipzig from Rijkeboer (2007) 68 7. Side View: Knitted Burka from Rijkeboer (2007) 69 8. Artful Burka from Rijkeboer (2007) 69 9. Barbie in a burqa from Les Guignols (2001) 89 10. Detail of packaging from Les Guignols (2001) 89 11. Barbie in Afghan playhouse from Les Guignols (2001) 93 12. Barbie with her children from Les Guignols (2001) 93 13. Puppet-child from Les Guignols (2001) 94 14. Opening her new gift from Les Guignols (2001) 94 15. Inside Playhouse from Les Guignols (2001) 95 16. Burqa-clad from Les Guignols (2001) 95 17. Barbie leaving the House from Les Guignols (2001) 95 18. Puppet-child from Les Guignols (2001) 95 19. Ken Laden from Les Guignols (2001) 100 20. Fundamentalist Ken from Les Guignols (2001) 100 21. Abuse sequence from Les Guignols (2001) 100 22. Heavy Ammo from Les Guignols (2001) 100 23. The Burqa Project from Jean-Ulrick Désert (2001) 105 24. Negerhosen 2000 from Jean-Ulrick Désert (2001) 113 ix 25. Negerhosen 2000 from Jean-Ulrick Désert (2001) 113 26. Negerhosen 2000/ Postcards From My Loves from Jean-Ulrick Désert (2001) 114 27. (Front) Placement and Planning from Jean-Ulrick Désert (2001) 118 28. (Rear) Placement and Planning from Jean-Ulrick Désert (2001) 118 29. Flag (1954-1955) from Jasper Johns 119 30. Three Flags (1958) from Jasper Johns 119 31. Statsbudget counter from SD (2010) 141 32. Countdown of the Statsbudget from SD (2010) 141 33. Bureaucrats from SD (2010) 142 34. Kroners from SD (2010) 142 35. Final statsbudget from SD (2010) 142 36. Bureaucrats at a distance from SD (2010) 142 37. Handbrakes with Emergency Lights from SD (2010) 144 38. Handbrakes from SD (2010) 144 39. View from Walker from SD (2010) 146 40. (Wide) Pensioner from SD (2010) 146 41. (Detail) Burqa SD (2010) 147 42. Grip on Carriage from SD (2010) 147 43. Burqa-clad Mob from SD (2010) 148 44. Mob Overtaking Pensioner from SD (2010) 148 45. SD: Safety and Tradition from SD (2010) 149 46. Final Frame from SD (2010) 149 x Table of Contents Title Page Acknowledgments vii List of Images ix Table of Contents xi Publications xiii Chapter 1 Introducing the Afghan Girl 1 Understanding Images 17 Thinking with Said: Orientalism 23 An Awkward Relationship with Orientalism: Women Speak Back 26 The Burqa Ban: Two Sides of the Same Coin (Victimization and Saving) 33 Reading the Burqa: From the Imagined to the Symbolic 39 Theoretical Framework: Looking at Burqas 41 Research Questions 43 Methodology 44 Chapter 2 Heroic Victims: Analyzing Eve Ensler’s “Under the Burqa” “Under the Burqa” 47 Introduction 48 Under the Frames: Title and Prelude 54 Text Body: “Under the Burqa” 56 Conclusion 73 Chapter 3 Burqa-Clad Barbie Dolls: Analyzing Les Guignols de l’info Introduction 75 Who Are Les Guignols de l’info? 78 xi Playing The Afghan Woman 82 “Barbie s’Spice di Counnasse” 86 Conclusion 102 Chapter 4 Analyzing The Burqa Project Introduction 105 Context 107 Conceptual Art & Its Influence 109 Politics 122 Politics and Narrative Traditions 124 The Burqa As a Cultural Religious Marker 129 Conclusion 133 Chapter 5 The Sweden Democrats Introduction 135 The Right Wing in the Political Context of Contemporary Sweden 137 Sverigedemokraterna’s Campaign Advert 139 Besieged by Burqas 146 Excitable Speech 152 Conclusion 157 Concluding Remarks 159 “The Burqa” and its Implications 160 Works Cited 173 Summary 207 Samenvatting 219 xii Publications Content from the Introduction appears in the forthcoming Mazurski, Lara. “Imagined Violence: Representations of Masculinity and a Culture of Peace.” Communication and Peace: Mapping an Emerging Field. Ed. Hoffmann, Julia, and Virgil Hawkins. London: Routledge. 107-119. 2015. Print. A early version of Chapter 5 appears in: Mazurski, Lara. “The Scapegoating of Islamic Immigrant Women in the Media.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Media Ethics, April 3-6, 2013. Ed. Juan Carlos Suarez Villegas, Alba Zurbano Berenguer, and Othman Saadi Haddach. University of Seville. 198-211. Print. A revised version of Chapter 5 appears in the forthcoming: Mazurski, Lara. “Right-Wing Campaign Strategies in Sweden.” Extreme Cultures: Right- Wing Politics and Popular Media in Europe and North America. Ed. Druxman, Helga, and Patricia Anne Simpson. Lexington: Lexington Books, 2015. xiii xiv Chapter 1 Introducing the Afghan Girl Fig. 1. Cover of National Geographic (2002). In 2006, I stumbled upon a battered copy of the US-American magazine National Geographic. The burqa-clad figure holding a photograph of a young girl on its cover captured my attention. To create the cover image, photojournalist Steve McCurry went in search of the woman he had famously photographed 17 years earlier. Popularly recognized as the Afghan Girl, the woman on the 2002 cover holds to her draped chest that original 1984 image, a portrait of a young girl wearing a headscarf. With a somber expression she stares out towards the camera capturing the viewer’s gaze with her sea green eyes (Hesford and Kozol 1).
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