Redefining Hijab: American Muslim women's standpoints on veiling

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 294-319

  Droogsma, Rachel Anderson ^a,b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminist Standpoint; Muslims; Nonverbal Communication; Oppositional Discourse; Religious Dress; Stereotypes of Cultural Groups; Women's Clothing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547449079     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880701434299     Document Type: Article

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