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- "Lolita Unveiled: Muslim Women's Take on a Scandalous Classic"
- Summary: Confronting the tyrannies of our times through the transformative power of the novel.
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Review of Lolita Unveiled: Muslim Women's Take on a Scandalous Classic
Johnny Ramirez-Johnson
Posted on January 23, 2005 at 05:20 PM
I really liked the engaging usage of literature as a tool for liberation. This piece will, without directly saying so, help Americans with stricter views of Christianity view their own religiosity from the Iranian female experiences. Another contribution of this piece is the refreshing contemplation of male-female control and how to subvert it in a positive way even in the midst of a regime as coercive as the ayatollahs Iran. I remember when I was in college my female classmates had to pass the ruler test for the length of their skirts before leaving the female dorm. This piece made me, one more time, see the ayatollah that lives in me, in my history, a demon I am constantly exorcising. I loved the musical pieces that were at the introduction and at the end, they grabbed my soul.