Muslim Women’s Narratives of Veiling and Identity in Post-Soviet Contexts
Based on ethnographic materials, the article discusses Muslim women’s narratives as an expression of the process of identity negotiation in the post-Soviet cultural context. Muslim women’s narratives based on Islamic, ethnic, gendered epistemologies are intertwined with each other and hybrid. Muslim...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2022, Volume: 15, Issue: 1/4, Pages: 187-212 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tjumen (Region)
/ Estonia
/ Soviet Union
/ Muslim woman
/ Tatars
/ Veil
/ Religious identity
/ Ethnic identity
/ Gender
/ History 2000-2019
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KBK Europe (East) NCC Social ethics TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Muslims
B Women B post-Soviet changes B Veiling B Identity B Tatars |
| Online Access: |
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| Summary: | Based on ethnographic materials, the article discusses Muslim women’s narratives as an expression of the process of identity negotiation in the post-Soviet cultural context. Muslim women’s narratives based on Islamic, ethnic, gendered epistemologies are intertwined with each other and hybrid. Muslim-Tatar women’s identity as women, Muslims and Tatars is tied together, while simultaneously being fragmented and peripheral to male identity. Since the Russian state imbues veiling with political meaning, Muslim women identity is politicized, therefore veiling as a part of Muslim-Tatar women’s identity is negotiated not only inside of the Muslim-Tatar community, but outside due to external discourses. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-bja10067 |
