ISBN:
9781474234405
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (200 pages)
,
illustrations (black and white)
Edition:
Previously issued in print: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. Digital resource published 2019
Series Statement:
Dress and fashion research
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Crăciun, Magdalena Islam, faith, and fashion : the Islamic fashion industry in Turkey
DDC:
391.009561
Keywords:
Hijab (Islamic clothing)
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Women's clothing Islamic influences
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Islamic clothing and dress
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Clothing trade History 21st century
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Fashion History 21st century
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Clothing and dress Economic aspects 21st century
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History
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Clothing and dress Religious aspects
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Islam
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Muslim women Clothing
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Fashion design & theory
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The veiling debates: Islamic dress, Islamist headscarves and Islamic fashion -- 3. A sector with flexible boundaries -- 4. Headscarf-wearing fashion professionals -- 5. Fashionable garments -- 6. Fashion images -- 7. Becoming fashion professionals -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
"The subject of religion and dress in Turkey has been debated at great length both in academia and the media. Through in-depth ethnographic research into the Turkish fashion market and the work of a category of new comers, namely headscarf-wearing fashion professionals, Islam, Faith, and Fashion examines entrepreneurship in this market and the aesthetic desirability, religious suitability, and ethical credibility of fashionable Islamic dress. What makes a fashionable outfit Islamically appropriate? What makes an Islamically appropriate outfit fashionable? What are the conditions, challenges and constraints an entrepreneur faces in this market, and how do they market their products? Is the presumed oxymoronic nature of Islamic fashion a challenge or a burden? Through case studies and ethnographic portraits, Craciun questions the commercialization of Islamic dress and tackles the delicate and often incompatible relationship between clothing worn in recognition of religious belief and clothing worn purely because it is fashionable. This timely analysis of fashion, religion, ethics, and aesthetics presents dress as a disputed and a contested locus of modernity. Islam, Faith, and Fashion will be essential reading for students of fashion, anthropology, and material and visual culture"--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Previously issued in print: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. Digital resource published 2019.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
DOI:
10.5040/9781474234405
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