Television and the Afghan Culture Wars: Brought to You by Foreigners, Warlords, and Activists (University of Illinois Press, 2020) by Wazhmah Osman
Join us for a reading by author Wazhmah Osman (Temple University) followed by a discussion with Paula Chakravartty (NYU MCC & Gallatin)
Mar 25, 2021 / 4:00-5:30PM (NYC/EST Time) / Zoom signup
During fieldwork across Afghanistan, Osman listened to the voices of Afghan media producers and people from all sectors of society. In this moving work, Afghans offer their own seldom-heard views on the country's cultural progress and belief systems, their understandings of themselves, the role of international interventions, women's rights, democracy, modernity, and Islam as part of their nation building in the post-9/11 era. even as the larger forces of imperialism, warlordism, and war undermine the gains made.
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