Comments on: British Royal Wedding in Iran

By: hamze

hamze — Wed, 18 May 2011 06:51:11 +0000

an interesting read indeed but please don’t forget that nothing is ‘axiomatic’. People should be free….

By: Golnaz

Golnaz — Sat, 14 May 2011 07:45:22 +0000

Great post and greater notes !
Maybe its becoz when people (Boys and Girls ) bereaved of sth ,They will show off in other possible ways more .You can see this through the society so well ,when the so called fashion somewhere is forbidden they will exactly do what is forbidden .

Thanks

By: Zohreh

Zohreh — Sat, 14 May 2011 04:59:45 +0000

I greatly enjoyed reading your post!

Isnt colonialism justified the best through the Orient itself and the very existence of internal colonialism within it?

I think internal colonialism is not limited to giving a role model to the icons of Western societies. In fact, there is still an even more internal level of colonialism in our country which makes a minority the role model at the expense of marginalizing the majority by labeling them as Shahrestani or … (all cut from the same cloth as Other). The media, no doubt, have an important role in presenting and promoting this view.

By: Tahmineh

Tahmineh — Fri, 13 May 2011 06:24:28 +0000

Great post, great points!

What aroused my curiosity is, assuming that West is imposing such “recontextualization of ‘fact’” on other societies, can we positively state that Arabs, as big part of East, are also influenced by Kate’s modesty and simplicity in the same way? Arabs are famous, more than Iranians, for their gaudy appearances so much as they get to have a name in fashion industry as Arab make-up! But it seems that they are not so much involved with the iconic simplicity of Western brides in general!

The point I am making is something beyond orientalism and its victims. If Arabs are not influenced by Kate’s simplicity and they still proudly admire their own cultural codes, and accept the difference as a value, then we as Iranian society are dealing with another issue. And that issue, whatever it is, is the answer to your last question! Why are we doing this to ourselves?

Hope we can have comments from how other Eastern societies perceived the royal simplicity!!!

By: Sedigheh Najibi

Sedigheh Najibi — Thu, 12 May 2011 12:41:36 +0000

Well done.I am simpatico about what youve just written.These myopic comparisons are often made by self-righteous people who are not least aware of the consequences that such folly as this may bring about.The result?well…Im not sure.But at best would be the superficial apprehension of dress code as demanded by the religion and dictated by the legislators.This is what I would call cultural dictatorship,thereby depreciating the value of the rich culture of ones own and standing in the awe of the westerners.Needless to say that this will in turn serve the interests of the so called other superior value system which is very nicely worded as self-marginalization by Kumaravadivelu (2003).