Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil: Challenging Historical and Modern Stereotypes - Hardcover

Katherine Bullock

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565644336 ISBN 13: 9781565644335

Publisher: International Institute for Islamic Thinking, 2007

Synopsis

This book offers an alternative viewpoint, based on the thoughts and experiences of Muslim women themselves. This is the first time a clear and concise book-length argument has been made for the compatibility between veiling and modernity. It looks at the colonial roots of the negative Western stereotype of the veil. The author argues that in consumer capitalist cultures, women can find wearing the veil liberating from the stifling beauty game that promotes unsafe and unhealthy ideal body images for women.

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Synopsis:

Until now the bulk of the literature about the veil has been written by outsiders who do not wear the veil. This literature often assumes a condescending tone about veiled women, assuming that they are making uniformed choices about veiling that makes them subservient to a patriarchal culture and religion."Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil" offers an alternative viewpoint, based on the thoughts and experiences of Muslim women themselves. This is the first time a clear and concise book-length argument has been made for the compatibility between veiling and modernity. Bullock uncovers positive aspects of the veil that are frequently not perceived by outsiders. "Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil" looks at the colonial roots of the negative Western stereotype of the veil. The author argues that in consumer capitalist cultures, women can find wearing the veil liberating from the stifling beauty game that promotes unsafe and unhealthy ideal body images for women. The book also includes an extensive bibliography on topics related to Muslim women and the veil.

About this edition

• Publisher: International Institute for Islamic Thinking
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1565644336
• ISBN 13: 9781565644335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 328