Katayoun Zarei Toossi
Biographic Data
| ID | 642340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katayoun Zarei Toossi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katayoun Zarei |
| FAMILY NAME | Toossi |
| SIGNATURE | TOOSSI K Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Contingency of Empathy and Muhsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist
At a time when global interdependence has become our destiny more than ever, empathy and the ability to empathize have been increasingly praised as skills necessary for better social and political interactions. However, as the studies on international politics of emotion to empathy have argued, empathy is culturally and historically contingent and its productive possibilities might be limited by differentials of power. The present paper engages t…
The Conundrum of the Veil and Mohja Kahf's Literary Representations of Hijab
This essay examines the semiotic complexities involved in the Muslim veil as an object that has almost invariably become a defining feature of Muslim female subjectivity. More specifically, I endeavour to show that the veil has acquired a monstrous power to the extent that even within a transcultural ambit of norms, the Muslim woman – whether veiling or not – is seen either positively or negatively through the presence or the absence of the veil …
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The Conundrum of the Veil and Mohja Kahf's Literary Representations of Hijab
This essay examines the semiotic complexities involved in the Muslim veil as an object that has almost invariably become a defining feature of Muslim female subjectivity. More specifically, I endeavour to show that the veil has acquired a monstrous power to the extent that even within a transcultural ambit of norms, the Muslim woman – whether veiling or not – is seen either positively or negatively through the presence or the absence of the veil …
Contingency of Empathy and Muhsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist
At a time when global interdependence has become our destiny more than ever, empathy and the ability to empathize have been increasingly praised as skills necessary for better social and political interactions. However, as the studies on international politics of emotion to empathy have argued, empathy is culturally and historically contingent and its productive possibilities might be limited by differentials of power. The present paper engages t…
Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Binary opposition (1 work) · Contingency (1 work) · Emancipation (1 work)