Islam, Faith, and Fashion
The Islamic Fashion Industry in Turkey
Seiten
2019
Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Verlag)
978-1-350-10573-7 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Verlag)
978-1-350-10573-7 (ISBN)
The subject of religion and dress in Turkey has been debated at great length both in academia and the media. Through in-depth ethnographic research into the Turkish fashion market and the work of a category of new comers, namely headscarf-wearing fashion professionals, Islam, Faith, and Fashion examines entrepreneurship in this market and the aesthetic desirability, religious suitability, and ethical credibility of fashionable Islamic dress.
What makes a fashionable outfit Islamically appropriate? What makes an Islamically appropriate outfit fashionable? What are the conditions, challenges and constraints an entrepreneur faces in this market, and how do they market their products? Is the presumed oxymoronic nature of Islamic fashion a challenge or a burden? Through case studies and ethnographic portraits, Craciun questions the commercialization of Islamic dress and tackles the delicate and often incompatible relationship between clothing worn in recognition of religious belief and clothing worn purely because it is fashionable.
This timely analysis of fashion, religion, ethics, and aesthetics presents dress as a disputed and a contested locus of modernity. Islam, Faith, and Fashion will be essential reading for students of fashion, anthropology, and material and visual culture.
What makes a fashionable outfit Islamically appropriate? What makes an Islamically appropriate outfit fashionable? What are the conditions, challenges and constraints an entrepreneur faces in this market, and how do they market their products? Is the presumed oxymoronic nature of Islamic fashion a challenge or a burden? Through case studies and ethnographic portraits, Craciun questions the commercialization of Islamic dress and tackles the delicate and often incompatible relationship between clothing worn in recognition of religious belief and clothing worn purely because it is fashionable.
This timely analysis of fashion, religion, ethics, and aesthetics presents dress as a disputed and a contested locus of modernity. Islam, Faith, and Fashion will be essential reading for students of fashion, anthropology, and material and visual culture.
Magdalena Craciun obtained her PhD in Anthropology at University College London in 2010, working under Daniel Miller. She carried out fieldwork in Romania and Turkey, and her research interests include dress, fashion, Islamic fashion, materiality, authenticity, brands, fakes, markets, Eastern Europe, and Turkey.
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Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The veiling debates: Islamic dress, Islamist headscarves and Islamic fashion
3. A sector with flexible boundaries
4. Headscarf-wearing fashion professionals
5. Fashionable garments
6. Fashion images
7. Becoming fashion professionals
8. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 16.05.2019 |
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Reihe/Serie | Dress and Fashion Research |
Zusatzinfo | 12 bw illus |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 286 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-350-10573-2 / 1350105732 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-10573-7 / 9781350105737 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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