1. Governing women's morality: a study of islamic veiling in Canada
- Author
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Yildiz Atasoy
- Subjects
Cultural Studies ,Emancipation ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Sociology of religion ,Subject (philosophy) ,050109 social psychology ,Sociology & anthropology ,Education ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Islamic culture ,Canada ,Muslim organizations ,veil ,women ,gender ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Sociology ,media_common ,Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature ,Religionssoziologie ,05 social sciences ,Gender studies ,Islam ,Morality ,Subordination (finance) ,Symbol ,050903 gender studies ,Soziologie, Anthropologie ,Sociology of Religion ,0509 other social sciences ,ddc:301 ,Kultursoziologie, Kunstsoziologie, Literatursoziologie - Abstract
"The veiling of Muslim women is subject to strongly contested ideas about whether the veil is a symbol of women's subordination to an oppressive tradition or a means of emancipation from that tradition. This article suggests that women's own personal reasons for veiling must be analysed. Data collected from published documents from Muslim organizations allows for demonstration that the veil is configured as central to an Islamic moral code of female modesty. A further analysis of findings from interviews conducted with veiled Muslim women in Winnipeg shows the nuanced ways in which women enact this code." [author's abstract]
- Published
- 2006