Can I see your hair? Choice, agency and attitudes: The dilemma of faith and feminism for Muslim women who cover

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 411-427

  Afshar, Haleh ^a  

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Author keywords

Hijab; Identities; Islamophobia; Orientalism; Women and Islam

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; ISLAMISM; ORIENTALISM; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 38549149251     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870701710930     Document Type: Article

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