Wearing the Niqab

Muslim Women in the UK and the US

AvAnna Piela,Reina Lewis

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Bringing niqab wearers’ voices to the fore, discussing their narratives on religious agency, identity, social interaction, community, and urban spaces, Anna Piela situates women’s accounts firmly within UK and US socio-political contexts as well as within media discourses on Islam. The niqab has recently emerged as one of the most ubiquitous symbols of everything that is perceived to be wrong with Islam: barbarity, backwardness, exploitation of women, and political radicalization. Yet all these notions are assigned to women who wear the niqab without their consultation; “niqab debates” are held without their voices being heard, and, when they do speak, their views are dismissed.However, the picture painted by the stories told here demonstrates that, for these women, religious symbols such as the niqab are deeply personal, freely chosen, multilayered, and socially situated. Wearing the Niqab gives voice to these women and their stories, and sets the record straight, enhancing understanding of the complex picture around niqab and religious identity and agency.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-08-25
Mått:152 x 232 x 12 mm
Vikt:296 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Dress Cultures
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350212657

Utforska kategorier

Modedesign och textilformgivning inom Kultur
Islam inom Filosofi och religion
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Anna Piela is Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University, USA. Her first monograph, titled Muslim Women Online: Faith and Identity in Virtual Age, explored debates held by Muslim women who interpreted Islamic texts and discussed them on e-forums. Piela is interested in the notion of agentic textual and visual self-representations of Muslim women. She has worked as a research consultant for the Muslim Women's Council in Bradford. Her articles have appeared in New Media & Society, Hawwa, The Muslim World and Contemporary Islam. She has written about Islam-related issues for Times Higher Education.

Recensioner i media

Wearing the Niqab is marketed as the first in-depth examination of niqabi women in the USA, and to my knowledge this is true. It would work well in undergraduate courses on religion and media, showing students how to critically analyze media images and content. It also offers a good addition to the abundant scholarship on Islam and gender, making it well suited for a variety of religion courses.

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Mainstream media representations of women who wear the niqab and women's responses2. Religious framing of the niqab3. Translating the niqab for secular audiences4. Intersections of Islamophobia, racism, and sexism and coping strategies5. The digital niqabosphere as a hypermediated third spaceConclusionsBibliographyIndex