Television and the Afghan Culture Wars
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Feminist Movements
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International development community
International Television
Islamism
Journalism
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Media Censorship
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Modernity versus Tradition
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Pashtun arts
Pashtun cultural heritage
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Problematic representations of Afghans
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Reality Television
Sectarian violence
Secularism
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Soap Operas and Culture
Social Change
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Winning Hearts and Minds
Women and Gender Studies
Women Issues in Afghanistan
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Product details
- ISBN 9780252085451
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 11 Nov 2020
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Portrayed in Western discourse as tribal and traditional, Afghans have in fact intensely debated women's rights, democracy, modernity, and Islam as part of their nation building in the post-9/11 era. Wazhmah Osman places television at the heart of these public and politically charged clashes while revealing how the medium also provides war-weary Afghans with a semblance of open discussion and healing. After four decades of gender and sectarian violence, she argues, the internationally funded media sector has the potential to bring about justice, national integration, and peace.
Fieldwork from across Afghanistan allowed Osman to record the voices of many Afghan media producers and people. Afghans offer their own seldom-heard views on the country's cultural progress and belief systems, their understandings of themselves, and the role of international interventions. Osman analyzes the impact of transnational media and foreign funding while keeping the focus on local cultural contestations, productions, and social movements. As a result, she redirects the global dialogue about Afghanistan to Afghans and challenges top-down narratives of humanitarian development.
Wazhmah Osman is a filmmaker and assistant professor in the Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University. She is the codirector of the critically acclaimed documentary Postcards from Tora Bora and the coauthor of Afghanistan: A Very Short Introduction.
