Pedwell, Carolyn (2007) Tracing “the Anorexic” and “the Veiled Woman”: Towards a Relational Approach. Working paper. Gender Institute, The London School of Economics and Political Science (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:42904)
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Abstract
The ‘new’ Muslim veiling phenomenon represents a co
ntemporary ‘equivalent’ to the
growing epidemic of anorexia in the industrialised
West, Mervat Nasser has argued
(1999). Like anorexia
1
, she contends, the new veiling
2
, represented by the growing
number of young Muslim women wearing Islamic dress
within universities, workplaces,
urban centres and political organisations around th
e world, responds to ‘conflicting
cultural messages and contradictory cultural expect
ations’ experienced by women
globally (407). Both embodied practices
3
function as forms of problem solving which, in
the absence of real power or control, help women co
pe with the competing demands of
ambitious professional goals and pressure to mainta
in a traditional female identity. And
both, she suggests, ultimately lead to the reproduc
tion of tradition and the reinforcement
of gender inequality.
Item Type: | Reports and Papers (Working paper) |
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Subjects: |
H Social Sciences H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ1236 Women and the state. Women's rights. Women's political activity |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research |
Depositing User: | Carolyn Pedwell |
Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2014 10:49 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:17 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/42904 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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