How does Shirin Neshat's photograph Rebellious Silence participate in the critical examination of globalization in contemporary art?

A. It challenges simplified characterizations of women in Islamic cultures.
B. It appropriates photography as a reference to images in the mass media.
C. It portrays Muslim women as Orientalist fantasies.
D. It employs text and image to challenge traditions of fine-arts media.


Answer: A

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A. samurai B. aristocrats C. well-to-do commoners D. all of the above

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