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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"hijab"”.
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Hijab as Dress: Muslim Women’s Clothing Strategies in Contemporary Finland
This thesis concerns female Islamic dress, the hijab, in contemporary urban Finland. The hijab is not merely a symbol or an inevitable embodiment of either female oppression or agency, but rather is a form of dress that is simultaneously social, mental, material, and spatial. The approach developed …
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Islamism and Women’s Movements in Iran: Hijab as a Burden of Representation
<p>Throughout history, Islamic discourse, political Islam, and the status of Muslim women have been subjects of study. Still, few research efforts have concentrated on the changes and dynamics between Islamic discourse and feminist resistance. Particularly in Iran, attention has primarily been …
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A border of cloth: Ecological systems and critical spatial perspectives on the Islamic hijab
This research argues for a holistic interpretation of female Muslim clothing practices devoid of political, cultural, religious and gender bias, preconceptions, and presuppositions. Current literature on the ?ij?b tends to interpret the clothing practice in isolation as a geopolitical, …
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The Corset and the Hijab: the Discursivisation of Identity Between the West and the Orient
… of analyses addressing Western dress and the hijab, to then unfold into the works’ core contribution: the postulation of the West and the Orient in parallel, rather than viewed as opposed cultural practices. Utilising mainly the Semiotic and Socio-semiotic Theories developed by Greimas (1970, …
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How Stereotypes influence the hiring of Muslim women in the United States
… discrimination against Muslim women wearing the hijab is possible. The purpose of this study was to describe how religious stereotypes and religious artifacts may influence hiring and what the origin of this phenomenon is. A phenomenological perspective was used in this research focusing on the …
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Westernized 'easthetics': understanding surface, depth and individuality in contemporary modest wear: an ethnography on hijab wearers and designers in Britain
… (micro)cultural and psycho-sartorial dynamics of hijab observance, and the ways these are enmeshed, in real life cases, within a socio-biographical tableau of a far more complex facture than has been generally acknowledged. I will evidence throughout how, alongside publicly-evident aspects, there …
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Fashion, performance and the politics of belonging among Muslim women in Cape Town
This thesis explores how the hijab fashion market has emerged in Cape Town and how Capetonian Muslim women are appropriating hijab fashion as a means of redefining themselves as Muslim South Africans instead of ?Cape Malays?, the ethnic label given to Muslims in the Western Cape during the …
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The role of Muslim identity on perceived workplace religious discrimination of Muslim women working in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… concealable due to their modest dressing and the hijab (religious identity marker). Surprisingly, there has been an increase in cases of religious discrimination against Muslim women. To elucidate, these Muslim women employees were asked to remove their hijab on their job as it somewhat violated …
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Collateral Damage: The De-Americanization of Muslim Americans After 9/11
… private spaces while Muslim women who wear the hijab became targets in public spaces. Muslim women were more likely to resist this process by performing American values while wearing the hijab in order to reclaim their right to social membership and their right to space in the public sphere. …
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Kepercayaan eksistensial muslimah komunitas hijabers Malang
… atau tidak modis. Namun saat ini dengan hadirnya Hijabers Community di Indonesia ternyata mampu mengubah image wanita berjilbab menjadi lebih stylish. Sehingga banyak muslimah Indonesia yang tertarik untuk mengikuti cara berjilbab ala Hijabers, bahkan bergabung dalam komunitas tersebut. Hal ini …
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"I'm not going to let the patriarch stop me!": Examining the Obsession with Muslim Women's Bodies, Voices and Veils in Cinema, Television & Popular Culture
… none more evident than in the polemic over the hijab and veil, which are banned in countries such as France and enforced in states such as Iran and Saudi Arabia. Not only is this banishment and enforcement of the hijab inherently a sexist (and racist) policy that deprives Muslim women of …
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Arab American women in engineering: How did their culture influence their achievement?
… than in college. Participants who wear the hijab noted a prevailing sense of otherness throughout their education. This study concludes with recommendations for parents and higher education on how to develop and encourage a successful woman in engineering. Specifically, the role of the …
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Visible Muslims, Political Beings: The Racialized and Gendered Contours of a Digitally-Mediated Muslim Womanhood
… womanhood through fashion, aesthetic labor, the hijab, and modest embodiment practices online. The specific research question that undergirds this project is, "How do contexts and discourses of Islamophobia contribute to shaping notions and performances of Muslim womanhood?" My data is derived …
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Muslim women’s embodied geographies in Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand: An intersectional approach
… include why women chose to wear or not wear the hijab, modifying the hijab, modesty and fashion, and the intersection of Muslim and New Zealand national identities. The second space – workplaces – focuses on the intersections of embodied identities, educational credentials and English …
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(Re)Defining Modest Sportswear through the Hijabi Habitus: Intersections of Faith, Fashion, and Function in Muslim Women’s Sportswear Design
… experience and design practice to theorize how hijabi women negotiate modesty in motion and how inclusive sportswear can be more authentically developed and communicated. In the original research presented below, I examine: 1a.) how I, as a hijabi modest fashion designer and consumer, define and …
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Distortions, Collections, and Mobility: South Asian Poets and the Space for Female Subjectivity
As discussions about the hijab circulate in twenty-first century Western Europe, it seems as though few lawmakers are looking to the narratives and experiences of Muslim and South Asian women to give voice to the practice. This thesis looks at the poets Kamala Das, Imtiaz Dharker, and Moniza Alvi …
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Discrimination against Veiled Women in the West: Social Isolation
… and girls who feel that the <em>chador</em>, <em>hijab</em>, veil, and all other religious headgear are used to identify them as targets for discrimination.</p>
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The Experiences of Professional Muslim Women in the Canadian Workplace
… visible identity markers, such as wearing the hijab, and their influence on workplace dynamics. Drawing upon the frameworks of Social Identity Theory, Intersectionality Theory, and the Critical Ecological Model, the research explores themes such as media discourse, identity construction, …
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Cooperation and Conflict Between Muslim Immigrant Mothers and Daughters in the Negotiation of Girls' Sexual Conduct
… agency in negotiating decisions about wearing hijab, virginity until marriage, opposite-sex friendships, dating and marriage. Moreover, findings showed that little communication regarding sexuality as a private experience happened between mothers and daughters, and that which occurred was …
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