Library: Islam: Women & Islam

Books

In this 2007 photo, a surfer in California wears a swimsuit designed to fit modest clothing standards. Source: AP Images.

Visibly Muslim: Fashion, Politics, Faith by Emma Tarlo
Call Number: 391.2088297 T188v
ISBN: 9781845204334
Publication Date: 2010-03-15
This book examines how different ideas of fashion, politics, faith, freedom, beauty, modesty and cultural diversity are articulated by young British Muslims as they seek out clothes which best express their identities, perspectives and concerns.
Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim Women by Marnia Lazreg
Call Number: 297.576 L431q
ISBN: 9780691138183
Publication Date: 2009-07-27
This book's author was born in Algeria to a Muslim family and became a sociology professor and an authority in Middle East women's studies. Here the author writes on reasons and consequences associated with wearing the veil.
Critical Republicanism: The Hijab Controversy and Political Philosophy by Cécile Laborde
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 9780199550210
Publication Date: 2008-12-15
The first comprehensive analysis of the philosophical issues raised by the hijab controversy in France, this book also conducts a dialogue between contemporary Anglo-American and French political theory and defends a progressive republican solution to so-called multicultural conflicts in contemporary societies.