Mainstreaming The Headscarf

Author : Esra Özcan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1838600825

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Mainstreaming the Headscarf by Esra Özcan Pdf

"With the rise to power of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the early 2000s in Turkey, the headscarf that used be looked down upon by the secular middle and upper classes moved to the mainstream. It has since become a symbol of desirable womanhood. This development has pushed Turkey's secular feminists, who had been critical of the headscarf ban, to the margins. This book is the first to trace this new phase of conservative gender politics by examining the images of women's headscarves across secular and Islamic news media. Based on the analysis of photographs and the columns of conservative women journalists, the book sheds light on how the AKP is transforming the image of womanhood. It also identifies the rise of the conservative female journalist as an important phenomenon in the country. Esra Özcan problematizes designators such as "Islamist women" or "Islamic feminists" and instead aims to understand these women in terms of their commitment to right-wing activism and politics, which has so far been ignored. An original contribution to feminist scholarship on Muslim women, this book draws on the unique perspectives of Visual Culture and Communication Studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Author : Esra Özcan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781838600808

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Mainstreaming the Headscarf by Esra Özcan Pdf

With the rise to power of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the early 2000s in Turkey, the headscarf that used be looked down upon by the secular middle and upper classes moved to the mainstream. It has since become a symbol of desirable womanhood. This development has pushed Turkey's secular feminists, who had been critical of the headscarf ban, to the margins. This book is the first to trace this new phase of conservative gender politics by examining the images of women's headscarves across secular and Islamic news media. Based on the analysis of photographs and the columns of conservative women journalists, the book sheds light on how the AKP is transforming the image of womanhood. It also identifies the rise of the conservative female journalist as an important phenomenon in the country. Esra Özcan problematizes designators such as “Islamist women” or “Islamic feminists” and instead aims to understand these women in terms of their commitment to right-wing activism and politics, which has so far been ignored. An original contribution to feminist scholarship on Muslim women, this book draws on the unique perspectives of Visual Culture and Communication Studies.

Author : Stephanie Cronin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107190849

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Social Histories of Iran by Stephanie Cronin Pdf

A social history of modern Iran 'from below' focused on subaltern groups and contextualised by developments within Middle Eastern and global history.

Author : Petek Onur
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031508752

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Ethnographic Discourses on Women and Islam in Turkey by Petek Onur Pdf

Author : Sieglinde Rosenberger,Birgit Sauer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136589317

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Politics, Religion and Gender by Sieglinde Rosenberger,Birgit Sauer Pdf

Heated debates about Muslim women's veiling practices have regularly attracted the attention of European policymakers over the last decade. The headscarf has been both vehemently contested by national and/or regional governments, political parties and public intellectuals and passionately defended by veil wearing women and their supporters. Systematically applying a comparative perspective, this book addresses the question of why the headscarf tantalises and causes such controversy over issues about religious pluralism, secularism, neutrality of the state, gender oppression, citizenship, migration, and multiculturalism. Seeking also to establish why the issue has become part of the disciplinary practices of some European countries but not of others, this work brings together an important collection of interpretative research regarding the current debates on the veil in Europe, offering an interdisciplinary scope and European-wide setting. Brought together through a common research methodology, the contributors focus on the different religious, political and cultural meanings of the veiling issue across eight countries and develop a comparative explanation of veiling regimes. This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of religion & politics, gender studies and multiculturalism.

Author : Dustin Harp,Jaime Loke,Ingrid Bachmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319908380

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Feminist Approaches to Media Theory and Research by Dustin Harp,Jaime Loke,Ingrid Bachmann Pdf

Feminist Approaches to Media Theory and Research tackles the breadth and depth of feminist perspectives in the field of media studies through essays and research that reflect on the present and future of feminist research and theory at the intersections of women, gender, media, activism, and academia. The volume includes original chapters on diverse topics illustrating where theorization and research currently stand with regard to the politics of gender and media, what work is being done in feminist theory, and how feminist scholarship can contribute to our understanding of gender as a mediated experience with implications for our contemporary global society. It opens for discussion how the research, theory, and interventions challenge concepts of gender in mediated discourses and practices and how these fit into the evolving state of contemporary feminisms. Contributors engage with discussions about contemporary feminisms as they are understood in media theory and research, particularly in a field that has changed rapidly in the last decades with digital communication tools and through cross-disciplinary work. Overall, the book illustrates how the politics of gender operate within the current media landscapes and how feminist theorizing shapes academic inquiry of these landscapes.

Author : Lena Gemzöe,Marja-Liisa Keinänen,Avril Maddrell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783319425986

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Contemporary Encounters in Gender and Religion by Lena Gemzöe,Marja-Liisa Keinänen,Avril Maddrell Pdf

The fields of gender and religious studies have often been criticized for neglecting to engage with one another, and this volume responds to this dearth of interaction by placing the fields in an intimate dialogue. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach and drawing on feminist scholarship, the book undertakes theoretical and empirical explorations of relational and co-constitutive encounters of gender and religion. Through varied perspectives, the chapters address three interrelated themes: religion as practice, the relationship between religious practice and religion as prescribed by formal religious institutions, and the feminization of religion in Europe.

Author : Khairudin Aljunied
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781474408899

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Muslim Cosmopolitanism by Khairudin Aljunied Pdf

Cosmopolitan ideals and pluralist tendencies have been employed creatively and adapted carefully by Muslim individuals, societies and institutions in modern Southeast Asia to produce the necessary contexts for mutual tolerance and shared respect between and within different groups in society. Organised around six key themes that interweave the connected histories of three countries in Southeast Asia - Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia - this book shows the ways in which historical actors have promoted better understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims in the region. Case studies from across these countries of the Malay world take in the rise of the network society in the region in the 1970s up until the early 21st century, providing a panoramic view of Muslim cosmopolitan practices, outlook and visions in the region.

Author : Dagmar Schiek,Victoria Chege
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134049325

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European Union Non-Discrimination Law by Dagmar Schiek,Victoria Chege Pdf

This edited collection addresses the multidimensionality of EU equality law from conceptual as well as practical perspectives. Bringing together academics from all over Europe and from different disciplines, including law, politics and sociology, the book focuses on the question of multidimensionality and intersectionality, and deals with the consequences of multiplying discrimination grounds within EU equality law.

Author : Esra Özcan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838600815

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Mainstreaming the Headscarf by Esra Özcan Pdf

With the rise to power of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the early 2000s in Turkey, the headscarf that used be looked down upon by the secular middle and upper classes moved to the mainstream. It has since become a symbol of desirable womanhood. This development has pushed Turkey's secular feminists, who had been critical of the headscarf ban, to the margins. This book is the first to trace this new phase of conservative gender politics by examining the images of women's headscarves across secular and Islamic news media. Based on the analysis of photographs and the columns of conservative women journalists, the book sheds light on how the AKP is transforming the image of womanhood. It also identifies the rise of the conservative female journalist as an important phenomenon in the country. Esra Özcan problematizes designators such as “Islamist women” or “Islamic feminists” and instead aims to understand these women in terms of their commitment to right-wing activism and politics, which has so far been ignored. An original contribution to feminist scholarship on Muslim women, this book draws on the unique perspectives of Visual Culture and Communication Studies.

Author : Janet Halley,Prabha Kotiswaran,Rachel Rebouché,Hila Shamir
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452958699

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Governance Feminism by Janet Halley,Prabha Kotiswaran,Rachel Rebouché,Hila Shamir Pdf

An interdisciplinary, multifaceted look at feminist engagements with governance across the global North and global South Governance Feminism: Notes from the Field brings together nineteen chapters from leading feminist scholars and activists to critically describe and assess contemporary feminist engagements with state and state-like power. Gathering examples from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, it complements and expands on the companion volume Governance Feminism: An Introduction. Its chapters argue that governance feminism (GF) is institutionally diverse and globally distributed—emerging from traditional sites of state power as well as from various forms of governance and operating at the grassroots level, in the private sector, in civil society, and in international relations. The book begins by confronting the key role that crime and punishment play in GFeminist projects. Here, contributors explore the ideological and political conditions under which this branch of GF became so robust and rethink the carceral turn. Other chapters speak to another face of GFeminism: feminists finding, in mundane and seemingly unspectacular bureaucratic tools, leverage to bring about change in policy and governance practices. Several contributions highlight the political, strategic, and ethical challenges that feminists and LGBT activists must negotiate to play on the governmental field. The book concludes with a focus on feminist interventions in postcolonial legal and political orders, looking at new policy spaces opened up by conflict, postconflict, and occupation. Providing a clear, cross-cutting, critical lens through which to map developments in feminist governance around the world, Governance Feminism: Notes from the Field makes sense of the costs and benefits of current feminist realities to reimagine feminist futures. Contributors: Libby Adler, Northeastern U; Aziza Ahmed, Northeastern U; Elizabeth Bernstein, Barnard College; Amy J. Cohen, Ohio State U; Karen Engle, U of Texas at Austin; Jacob Gersen, Harvard U; Leigh Goodmark, U of Maryland; Aeyal Gross, Tel Aviv U; Aya Gruber, U of Colorado, Boulder; Janet Halley, Harvard U; Rema Hammami, Birzeit U, Palestine; Vanja Hamzić, U of London; Isabel Cristina Jaramillo-Sierra; Prabha Kotiswaran, King’s College London; Maleiha Malik, King’s College London; Vasuki Nesiah, New York U; Dianne Otto, Melbourne Law School; Helen Reece; Darren Rosenblum, Pace U; Jeannie Suk Gersen, Harvard U; Mariana Valverde, U of Toronto.

Author : Bozena C. Welborne,Aubrey L. Westfall,Özge Çelik Russell,Sarah A. Tobin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781501715396

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The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States by Bozena C. Welborne,Aubrey L. Westfall,Özge Çelik Russell,Sarah A. Tobin Pdf

"Investigates the social and political effects of the practice of Muslim women wearing a headscarf or hijab"--

Author : Neville Cox
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781788970853

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Behind the Veil by Neville Cox Pdf

Since the early 2010s, an increasing number of European countries have passed laws that prohibit the wearing of various kinds of Islamic veil in particular circumstances. This insightful book considers the arguments used to justify such laws and analyses the legitimacy of these arguments both generally and in regards to whether such laws can be seen as justified interferences with the rights of women who wish to wear such garments.

Author : Adrienne N. Milner,Jomills Henry Braddock II
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781440851254

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Women in Sports by Adrienne N. Milner,Jomills Henry Braddock II Pdf

Covering a breadth of topics surrounding the current state of women in sports, this two-volume collection taps current events, sociological and feminist theory, and recent research to contextualize women's experiences in sports within a patriarchal society and highlight areas for improvement. Women are continuing to break barriers in all aspects of sports, and a growing number of people are beginning to recognize sex disparities in sports as a social problem. Additionally, women's inclusion and exclusion in sports—and their equitable and inequitable treatment on the playing field—have large-scale social, legal, health, and economic consequences. Women in Sports: Breaking Barriers, Facing Obstacles comprehensively examines the state of women in sports by considering current events, controversies, and trends as well as qualitative and quantitative research. The contributors to this volume take a sociological approach to discussing women in sports by questioning dominant assumptions surrounding notions of women's biological athletic inferiority and by examining other social constructs that affect women's experiences in sports, such as race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation. The book offers a complete and up-to-date account of women's experiences in sports through coverage of the history of women's participation in sports (with a focus on exceptional female athletes) and of the increasing number of women who are competing in traditionally male sports, such as football, baseball, and mixed martial arts. Readers will come away with a greater appreciation for the issues of equity that women face, both within the world of sports and in society in general.

Author : Johanna Kantola
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137037459

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Gender and the European Union by Johanna Kantola Pdf

This broad ranging new text provides a systematic assessment of the emergence of gender as a significant issue on the EU agenda and of the EU's impact on gender inequality, both in terms of specifically gender-related policies and the gender dimensions of other policies.