RT Book
T1 Veiling in fashion: space and the hijab in minority communities
T2 Dress cultures
A1 Almila, Anna-Mari
LA English
PP London, England
PB I. B. Tauris
YR 2019
ED First edition
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1694751899
AB "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 industry. Anna-Mari Almila 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. Almila provides an innovative approach to studying veiling by connecting varied realms of practice, demonstrating how domains such as fashion, materiality, city spaces, private life, religious beliefs, and cosmopolitan social conditions are all tightly bound up together in ways that only a sensitive multi-disciplinary approach can reveal"--
AB Introduction : The veil, fashion, space, everyday life and globalization -- Investigating the veil in Finland -- Commercial spaces: national, transnational, multinational and deterritorial -- Spaces of comfort and discomfort: physical and emotional, social and global -- Community spaces: global and intimate ummah, schools and mosques -- Spaces of adaptation and integration: citizenship, workplace and sport venues -- 'Public' and 'private' spaces: visibility, face and gendered hybridity -- Conclusion : On politics, veiling and the sociology of fashion --
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index
CN BP190.5.H44
SN 1784539236
SN 9781788315784
SN 9781784539238
SN 9781788315760
K1 Fashion : Religious aspects : Islam
K1 Hijab (Islamic clothing) : Social aspects
K1 Muslim Women : Clothing
K1 Religion and sociology
K1 Veils : Religious aspects : Islam
K1 Veils : Social aspects
K1 Fashion design & theory
K1 Electronic books
DO 10.5040/9781788315784