Social Science and Public Policy
CANCELED: The Capitalist-Rescue Narrative: Afghan Women and Micro-Entrepreneurship
April 21, 2020 at 12:30pm – 2:30pm EDT
Eggers Hall, 341
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Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
South Asia Center
presents
Purnima Bose, Associate Professor of English, Indiana University
The Capitalist-Rescue Narrative: Afghan Women and Micro-Entrepreneurship
Bose’s talk focuses on Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, which describes Afghan women’s economic activities under the Taliban. Lemmon narrates Afghan entrepreneurship through the lens of US style capitalism and its attendant production arrangements. Ultimately, the text assumes that arrival into capitalist modernity requires Afghanistan’s integration into the global economy, a route open to Afghan women through the NGO sector.
Contact Emera Bridger Wilson at elbridge@syr,edu with any questions or concerns.
This event was first published on January 15, 2020 and last updated on March 12, 2020.
Event Details
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- Social Science and Public Policy
- Type
- Discussions
- Region
- Main Campus
- Open to
- Public
- Organizer
- Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
- Contact
- Emera Bridger Wilson
elbridge@syr.edu
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