Becoming a Hijabi Now? Identity Performances of Muslim Women in Canada

The hijab is an issue that feminists criticize, anthropologists interpret, religious authorities prescribe, and politicians and activists promote or oppose. This paper examines ways in which Muslim women in Canada perform their identity through starting to wear the hijab after arriving in Canada. In...

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Main Author: Mohammadi, Fatemeh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2018
In: Religious studies and theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-21
Further subjects:B Young Muslim Women
B Erving Goffman
B Religious Identities
B Hijab
B Stigmatization
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