Veiling in Fashion enters the worlds of women who wear the hijab, both as an aspect of their religious observance and community belonging, and as a fashion statement, drawing upon global Islamic fashion history. The book uses rich ethnographic investigation of everyday veiling practices among Muslim women in the city of Helsinki as a lens through which to reflect on and advance understanding of matters concerning Muslim dress in international Muslim minority contexts.
The book provides an innovative approach to studying veiling by connecting varied realms of practice, demonstrating how domains as apparently separate as fashion, materiality, city spaces, private life, religious beliefs, and cosmopolitan social conditions are all tightly bound up together in ways that only a sensitive multi-disciplinary approach can reveal. It will appeal to scholars and students in fashion, gender, religion, material cultures, and the construction of space.
| ISBN: | 9781350175358 |
| Publication date: | 25th June 2020 |
| Author: | AnnaMari Almila |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Visual Arts an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Dress Cultures |
| Genres: |
Cultural studies: dress and society Feminism and feminist theory Material culture Social groups: religious groups and communities Fashion and textile design |
Veiling in Fashion enters the worlds of women who wear the hijab, both as an aspect of their religious observance and community belonging, and as a fashion statement, drawing upon global Islamic fashion history. The book uses rich ethnographic investigation of everyday veiling practices among Muslim women in the city of Helsinki as a lens through which to reflect on and advance understanding of matters concerning Muslim dress in international Muslim minority contexts.
The book provides an innovative approach to studying veiling by connecting varied realms of practice, demonstrating how domains as apparently separate as fashion, materiality, city spaces, private life, religious beliefs, and cosmopolitan social conditions are all tightly bound up together in ways that only a sensitive multi-disciplinary approach can reveal. It will appeal to scholars and students in fashion, gender, religion, material cultures, and the construction of space.
Veiling in Fashion features in the following genres: Cultural studies: dress and society, Feminism and feminist theory, Material culture, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Fashion and textile design
Veiling in Fashion is available in Paperback, Hardback
Veiling in Fashion was written by AnnaMari Almila and published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Veiling in Fashion has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Dress Cultures series