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Veiling in Fashion: Space and the Hijab in Minority Communities
Anna-Mari Almila
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Description for Veiling in Fashion: Space and the Hijab in Minority Communities
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Veiling in Fashion enters the worlds of women who wear the hijab, both as an aspect of their religious observance and community belonging, and as a fashion statement, drawing upon global Islamic fashion history. The book uses rich ethnographic investigation of everyday veiling practices among Muslim women in the city of Helsinki as a lens through which to reflect on and advance understanding of matters concerning Muslim dress in international Muslim minority contexts. The book provides an innovative approach to studying veiling by connecting varied realms of practice, demonstrating how domains as apparently separate as fashion, materiality, ... Read more
Veiling in Fashion enters the worlds of women who wear the hijab, both as an aspect of their religious observance and community belonging, and as a fashion statement, drawing upon global Islamic fashion history. The book uses rich ethnographic investigation of everyday veiling practices among Muslim women in the city of Helsinki as a lens through which to reflect on and advance understanding of matters concerning Muslim dress in international Muslim minority contexts. The book provides an innovative approach to studying veiling by connecting varied realms of practice, demonstrating how domains as apparently separate as fashion, materiality, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784539238
SKU
V9781784539238
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About Anna-Mari Almila
Anna-Mari Almila is Research Fellow in Sociology of Fashion at London College of Fashion, University of Arts London, UK. Her research interests include the materiality of dressed bodies and their environments; fashion globalization and the history of fashion studies; the historical/political construction of urban spaces; and wine and gender. Her edited books (with David Inglis) include The Globalization of Wine ... Read more
Reviews for Veiling in Fashion: Space and the Hijab in Minority Communities
Based on extensive ethnographic research, Veiling in Fashion unravels the complexities of the veil's entanglement with spatial ambiguities. This is a compelling work which offers a much-welcomed, novel approach and moves our understanding of veiling beyond a simplified dichotomous representation.
Yildiz Atasoy, Simon Fraser University, Canada Almila makes a compelling argument for the global political significance and interconnectedness of ... Read more
Yildiz Atasoy, Simon Fraser University, Canada Almila makes a compelling argument for the global political significance and interconnectedness of ... Read more