Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion : New Perspectives From Europe and North America

Introducing innovative new research from international scholars working on Islamic fashion and its critics, Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion provides a global perspective on muslim dress practices. The book takes a broad geographic sweep, bringing together the sartorial experiences of Muslims in locations as diverse as Paris, the Canadian Prairie, Swedish and Italian bath houses and former socialist countries of Eastern Europe. What new Islamic dress practices and anxieties are emerging in these different locations? How far are they shaped by local circumstances, migration histories, particular religious traditions, multicultural interfaces and transnational links? To what extent do developments in and debates about Islamic dress cut across such local specificities, encouraging new channels of communication and exchange? With original contributions from the fields of anthropology, fashion studies, media studies, religious studies, history, geography and cultural studies, Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion will be of interest to students and scholars working in these fields as well as to general readers interested in the public presence of Islam in Europe and America. Introducing Innovative New Research From International Scholars Working On Islamic Fashion And Its Critics, This Book Provides A Global Perspective On Muslim Dress Practices. The Book Takes A Broad Geographic Sweep, Bringing Together The Sartorial Experiences Of Muslims In Locations As Diverse As Paris, The Canadian Prairie, Swedish And Italian Bath Houses And Former Socialist Countries Of Eastern Europe. What New Islamic Dress Practices And Anxieties Are Emerging In These Different Locations? How Far Are They Shaped By Local Circumstances, Migration Histories, Particular Religious Traditions, Multicultural Interfaces And Transnational Links? To What Extent Do Developments In And Debates About Islamic Dress Cut Across Such Local Specificities, Encouraging New Channels Of Communication And Exchange? With Original Contributions From The Fields Of Anthropology, Fashion Studies, Media Studies, Religious Studies, History, Geography And Cultural Studies, Islamic Fashion And Anti-fashion Will Be Of Interest To Students And Scholars Working In These Fields As Well As To General Readers Interested In The Public Presence Of Islam In Europe And America. Introduction : Islamic Fashion And Anti-fashion : New Perspectives From Europe And North America / Annelies Moors And Emma Tarlo -- Burqinis, Bikinis And Bodies : Encounters In Public Pools In Italy And Sweden / Pia Karlsson Minganti -- Covering Up On The Prairies : Perceptions Of Muslim Identity, Multiculturalism, And Security In Canada / A. Brenda Anderson And F. Volker Greifenhagen -- Landscapes Of Attraction And Rejection : South Asian Aesthetics In Islamic Fashion In London / Emma Tarlo -- Perspectives On Muslim Dress In Poland : A Tatar View / Katarzyna Górak-sosnowska And Michał Łyszczarz -- Şule Yüksel Şenler : An Early Style Icon Of Urban Islamic Fashion In Turkey / Rustem Ertug Altinay -- The Genealogy Of The Turkish Pardösü In The Netherlands / R. Arzu Ünal -- Closet Tales From A Turkish Cultural Center In The 'petro Metro', Houston, Texas / Maria Curtis -- Transnational Networks Of Veiling-fashion Between Turkey And Western Europe / Banu Gökarıksel And Anna Secor -- Made In France : Islamic Fashion Companies On Display / Leila Karin Österlind -- Hijab On The Shop Floor : Muslims In Fashion Retail In Britain / Reina Lewis -- 'fashion Is The Biggest Oxymoron In My Life' : Fashion Blogger, Designer And Cover Girl Zinah Nur Sharif In Conversation With Emma Tarlo -- Mediating Islamic Looks / Degla Salim -- Miss Headscarf : Islamic Fashion And The Danish Media / Connie Carøe Christiansen -- Fashion And Its Discontents : The Aesthetics Of Covering In The Netherlands / Annelies Moors -- The Clothing Dilemmas Of Transylvania Muslim Converts / Daniela Stoica -- 'i Love My Prophet' : Religious Taste, Consumption And Distinction In Berlin / Synnøve Bendixsen. Edited By Emma Tarlo, Annelies Moors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Islamic Fashion and Anti-fashion: New Perspectives from Europe and North America SECTION I LOCATION AND THE DYNAMICS OF ENCOUNTER 1 Burqinis, Bikinis and Bodies: Encounters in Public Pools in Italy and Sweden 2 Covering Up on the Prairies: Perceptions of Muslim Identity, Multiculturalism and Security in Canada 3 Landscapes of Attraction and Rejection:South Asian Aesthetics in Islamic Fashion in London 4 Perspectives on Muslim Dress in Poland: A Tatar View SECTION II HISTORIES, HERITAGE AND NARRATIONS OF ISLAMIC FASHION 5 Şule Yüksel Şenler: An Early Style Icon of Urban Islamic Fashion in Turkey 6 The Genealogy of the Turkish Pardösü in the Netherlands 7 Closet Tales from a Turkish Cultural Center in the ‘Petro Metro’, Houston, Texas SECTION III MARKETS FOR ISLAMIC FASHION 8 Transnational Networks of Veiling-fashion between Turkey and Western Europe 9 Made in France: Islamic Fashion Companies on Display 10 Hijab on the Shop Floor: Muslims in Fashion Retail in Britain SECTION IV ISLAMIC FASHION IN THE MEDIA 11 ‘Fashion Is the Biggest Oxymoron in My Life’: Fashion Blogger, Designer and Cover Girl Zinah Nur Sharif in Conversation with Emma Tarlo 12 Mediating Islamic Looks 13 Miss Headscarf: Islamic Fashion and the Danish Media SECTION V DYNAMICS OF FASHION AND ANTI-FASHION 14 Fashion and Its Discontents: The Aesthetics of Covering in the Netherlands 15 The Clothing Dilemmas of Transylvanian Muslim Converts 16 ‘I Love My Prophet’: Religious Taste, Consumption and Distinction in Berlin Index Color Plate 1 Color Plate 2 Introducing innovative new research from international scholars working on Islamic fashion and its critics, Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion provides a global perspective on muslim dress practices. The book takes a broad geographic sweep, bringing together the sartorial experiences of Muslims in locations as diverse as Paris, the Canadian Prairie, Swedish and Italian bath houses and former socialist countries of Eastern Europe. - What new Islamic dress practices and anxieties are emerging in these different locations? How far are they shaped by local circumstances, migration histories, particular religious traditions, multicultural interfaces and transnational links? To what extent do developments in and debates about Islamic dress cut across such local specificities, encouraging new channels of communication and exchange? - TABLE OF CONTENTS: Section 1: Location and the dynamics of encounter. - Section 2: Histories, heritage and narrations of Islamic fashion. - Section 3: Markets for islamic fashion. - Section 4: Islamic fashion in the media. - Section 5: dynamics of fashion and anti-fashion. COUNTRY COVERAGE: Canada; Danmark; France; Germany; Italy; Netherlands; Poland; Sweden; Roumania (Transylvania); Turkey; UK; USA (source: bloomsbury.com) "Introducing innovative new research from international scholars working on Islamic fashion and its critics, this book provides a global perspective on muslim dress practices. The book takes a broad geographic sweep, bringing together the sartorial experiences of Muslims in locations as diverse as Paris, the Canadian Prairie, Swedish and Italian bath houses and former socialist countries of Eastern Europe. What new Islamic dress practices and anxieties are emerging in these different locations? How far are they shaped by local circumstances, migration histories, particular religious traditions, multicultural interfaces and transnational links? To what extent do developments in and debates about Islamic dress cut across such local specificities, encouraging new channels of communication and exchange? With original contributions from the fields of anthropology, fashion studies, media studies, religious studies, history, geography and cultural studies, Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion will be of interest to students and scholars working in these fields as well as to general readers interested in the public presence of Islam in Europe and America".--Page 4 de la couverture Providing a global perspective on Muslim dress practices, this title takes a broad geographic sweep, bringing together the sartorial experiences of Muslims in locations as diverse as the Canadian prairies and Italian bath houses. What new Islamic dress practices and anxieties are emerging in these different locations? How far are they shaped by local circumstances, migration histories, religious traditions, and transnational links?