Stowasser Study Guide
Note the following points made in Stowasser's "Hijab."
- p. 87: 1) Spatial meaning of hijab: limitation of
space
2) Visual: perception of how an object is veiled - p. 88: Hijab: can be a marker of status
- p.88: Metaphorical and concrete meanings
- p. 89: 33:53: For the wives of the Prophet
- pp. 89-90: Metaphorical and mystical sense
- pp. 90-91: Veiling for the Prophet's wives related to specific historical and political activities
- p. 92: Why his wives became progressively excluded
- p.92: Privilege (safety for the wives)
- p. 93: 33:32 - Muhammad's wives are not like other women
- p.93: Jilbab
- p. 94: Extended to all Muslim women
- p. 97: Tabarruj - antithesis of veil
- p. 97: Command, "stay in your homes" to the Prophet's wives becomes extended to women in general
- pp. 97-98: As opposed to women's participation in war
- p.98: Women's secluded space, concealing clothes, and unfitness for public activity.
- pp. 98-99: Western imperialism - Westerners attacked
veiling as a symptom of the Muslim's backwardness - political
implication
- Qasim Amin called for emancipation of women - seen as a lackey of Western imperialists
- p. 101- Hijab: no longer seclusion - but refers specifically to female garments
- In contemporary Islamicizing discourses, women are always expected to uphold tradition and culture
- Al-Sha`rawi - talk about him at some length
- p. 102- How does the hijab become a “portable veil?”
- p. 103- The role of department stores in
disseminating pious and modest hijab-based fashions
- Pugh- fundamentalist vs. pious styles
- p. 103: Muhammad Ahmad Khalaf Allah: example of a
modernist, reformist outlook on the veil
Department store displays
in Iran (top) and Egypt (bottom) reflect both traditional and modern
'hijab-based fashions.'
Images courtesy of flickr users hoder and vagabondblogger. Some rights reserved.
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