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Can I see your hair: choice, agency and attitudes: the dilemma of faith and feminism for Muslim women who cover
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Abstract This paper argues that the current climate of Islamaphobia has burdened Muslim women who cover with additional problems in terms of their politics, their lived experiences and their life chances. It is the contention of this paper that the myths about the hijab have created a modern day form of Orie... mehr
This paper argues that the current climate of Islamaphobia has burdened Muslim women who cover with additional problems in terms of their politics, their lived experiences and their life chances. It is the contention of this paper that the myths about the hijab have created a modern day form of Orientalism that objectifies the women who cover and otherises them as oppressed, perhaps exotic, and possibly dangerous. Such stereotypical views, at time articulated by Western feminists, create stumbling blocks that bar the way to the feminist ideal of respect unity and community of goals.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Islam
Klassifikation
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Women; Islamophobia; Hijab; Orientalism; Identities
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2008
Seitenangabe
S. 411-427
Zeitschriftentitel
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 31 (2008) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870701710930
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)