Lewis Muslim Fashion

Contemporary Style Cultures
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7534-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

Reina Lewis analyzes Muslim modest clothing as fashion and shows how young Muslim women (with a focus on Britain, North America, and Turkey) are part of an emergent transnational youth subculture who use fashion to negotiate religion, identity, ethnicity, and mainstream consumer culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, Reina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Modedesign, Stoffe, Schmuckdesign

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction. Veils and Sales 1

1. From Multiculture to Multifaith: Consumer Culture and the Organization of Rights and Resources 35

2. The Commercialization of Islamic Dress: Selling and Marketing Tessettür in Turkey and Beyond 69

3. Muslim Lifestyle Magazines: A New Mediascape 109

4. Taste and Distinction: The Politics of Style 163

5. Hijabi Shop Workers in Britain: Muslim Style Knowledge as Fashion Capital? 199

6. Modesty Online: Commerce and Commentary on the Net 237

7. Commodification and Community 287

Conclusion 317

Notes 323

References 331

Index 365

Über Autor(innen)

Reina Lewis is Professor of Cultural Studies at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, and the author of Rethinking Orientalism: Women, Travel and the Ottoman Harem.