The Headscarf as a Business Card

A Qualitative Case Study on Styles and Expressions of Berlin Muslim Women
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-658-31778-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 356 g

Reihe: Research

In her book, Juliane Kanitz not only examines the frequently asked question of why Muslim women wear a headscarf, but also concentrates on how it is worn. She is concerned with the cultural, aesthetic and fashionable preferences of women and not primarily with the religious motives that are otherwise often the focus of attention. In addition to a contribution to research on the Muslim headscarf, the author presents theoretical and empirical supplements to Islamic fashion and Islam in Germany as a whole. She also discusses the debate on Europeanization, in which arguments against Muslims are put forward, and develops some perspectives on the topic of the headscarf in Germany that have not yet been taken into account, made possible by the new perspective of fashion.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kanitz, Juliane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Method.- Forms and Conflicts of Representation in a Minority Situation.- The Production of Meaning in Hijab Fashion.- Consumption of Islamic Fashion.- How the Women Interviewed Position Themselves.- Regulatory Dimensions.- Thesis Discussion: The Circuit of Hijab Clothing.- Final Theoretical Considerations.- Postscript: The Hijab as a Calling Card.

Über Autor(innen)

The author Juliane Kanitz was born 1984, is a European Ethnologist and works for the Protestant Interdiciplinary Research Center in Heidelberg (FEST) in the project "Religion in new city quaters".