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05.11.2012
Sven Kovacic
A Pair of Jeans
Qaisra Shahraz
Content
Miriam is hurrying home Begum has to solve the problem phone call: white lie (Begums sisters daughter)
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ending
1 ending
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"surreptitious glances"
M. calls Farook
Miriam left
Characters
Miriam - daughter of Fatima, Muslim, want to marry Farook, very integrated in the
western world, adapts both worlds, studies in Britain, beautiful.
Fatima - mother of Miriam, good friend of Begum, anxious about the marriage, helps her
daughter although she breaks the islamic tradition, tries to bridge the gap between tradition and western values.
Begum - mother of Farook, good fried of Fatima, loves Miriam like her own daughter, has an Ayub - dad of Farook, husband of Begum, Miriams future dad in law, strong ties with
islamic tradition, dominant. own opinion, obedient, Miriams mother-in-law.
Farook - son of Begum, Miriams future husband, he shares the same hobbies, he doesn`t
know anything about what happened.
Central Themes What is part of an identity (Do clothes really make a new
identity?) Gender (roles) and Islam (Why is Ayub so superior to Begum?) White lie (Why? Was this all right?)
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Content
Parvez in Alis clean room Parvez afraid: talks to his collegues drug theory: Bettina told symptoms no drugs but praying further discussions P. talks to B. "I've lost my son" dinner with Ali
alcohol escalation
B. meets Ali
tries to support Parvez
Bettina jumped out of the taxi Parvez and Ali drove home and went up
Characters
Parvez first generation immigrant from Punjabi (Pakistan), taxi driver, proud of his
son, not religious since his religious education, alcoholic (in the end), superior to his women left his girlfriend, cleaned out his room, left all his friends, religious fanatic?
Ali son of Parvez, second generation immigrant, broke his education as an accouter, Bettina prostitute, good friend of Parvez (for years), beautiful, not religious, knows a lot about underground phenomena (drugs,), nice, friendly
Central Themes
Fanaticism against Fundamentalism (What is Parvez, what
Ali?) Gender (roles) and Islam (Parvez and his wife discussion?) Culture gap/clash (Islamic and Western) Generation gap (first against second generation immigrant) So whos the fanatic now? Hitting the son?
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Content
Miss Rehanna meets Ali: offer of Ali "Good advice is rarer than rubies"
Characters
hint of Ali
reconcilation (Vershnigung)
Miss Rehanna beautiful, clever, knows how to use her female charms, poor, selfconfident, engaged to her fianc in great-britain, needs to get a permit, independent from Islamic rules Muhammad Ali poor, bagger, cheater (tries to earn money by this), clever, overwhelmed by Miss Rehanna, abuses the Tuesday Women
General Themes Advices (Was Alis answer an advice? What needs a good
advice?) The 1 paragraph (Rehanna coming out of the bus)
st
Stereotypes (a fixed idea or image that many people have of a particular type of person or
thing but which is often not true in reality (false generalization)) effects Ali) Alis language (dialect)
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How to
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Words
Pair of Jeans
English Hybridity /hybrid identity (to express ones identity Midriff Belly shirt/top Tight clothes (to) display ones female charms Modesty / modest Self-conscious Embarrassed / embarrassment Self-confident / self-confidence Clothes as a means of communication Verbal/non-verbal/troubled/successful communication White lie (to) bring shame on somebody (to) save/restore family honour German Gemischte Identitt Seine Identitt ausdrcken (durch Kleidung) Taille Bauchfreies Shirt Enge Kleidung Seine weiblichen Reize zeigen Bescheidenheit / bescheiden Selbstbewusst Peinlich / Verlegenheit Selbstbewusst(sein) Kleidung als Mittel zur Kommunikation Verbale/non-verbale/gestrte/erfolgreiche Kommunikation Notlge Schande ber jemanden bringen Die Familienehre sichern/wiederherstellen
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