Wearing the Niqab in the UK: Exploring the Embodied "Shape a Moral Action Can Take"

The niqab (Islamic face veil) frequently features in political controversies in the United Kingdom, where negative opinions of the niqab are reforged into political currency (such as the “burka ban” proposals) by conservative and liberal actors alike. Drawing from Saba Mahmood’s conceptualizations o...

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Другие заглавия:Wearing the Niqab in the United Kingdom
Главный автор: Piela, Anna (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Oxford University Press [2019]
В: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Год: 2019, Том: 87, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 512-542
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B Großbritannien / Ислам (мотив) / Никаб / Дебаты
Индексация IxTheo:BJ Ислам
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Итог:The niqab (Islamic face veil) frequently features in political controversies in the United Kingdom, where negative opinions of the niqab are reforged into political currency (such as the “burka ban” proposals) by conservative and liberal actors alike. Drawing from Saba Mahmood’s conceptualizations of agency and moral action, I analyze twelve interviews I conducted with niqab wearers in the UK. This article centers insider perspectives on the niqab, highlighting in particular the notion of choice to wear the niqab as well as discursive and physical navigation of social spaces. In distinguishing between mainstream discourses about niqab wearers and their own accounts, I argue that niqab wearers’ voices must be included in the public debate.
ISSN:1477-4585
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfz002