Images of the Muslim Woman and the Construction of Muslim Identity. The Essentialist Paradigm
This article argues that much of the postmodern discourse on the Muslim woman and her veil is symptomatic of what I call the “essentialist paradigm”. The world is seen through the prism of a group’s religious/cultural identity and eventually constructs a Muslim identity – and with it an image of the...
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| Language: | English |
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Karl Franzens Universität Graz
2016-05-01
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| Series: | Journal for Religion, Film and Media |
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| Online Access: | http://unipub.uni-graz.at/jrfm/periodical/pageview/1304745 |