Womanhood, dignity and faith - Reflections on an Islamic woman's life story

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1997-11-01

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Ozdalga, E

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Reveiling has been an important part of the Islamic revivalist movements of the last decades. In Turkey, where secularism has been part of the official state ideology since the 1920s, reveiling has caused deep controversies. This article deals with the socio-political context in which the conflict over veiling has been carried out, the legal aspects of veiling, and how veiling and the controversy around this Islamic practice has been experienced by young veiling women themselves. In order to Throw light on the strong idealism involved in many young women's commitment, the significance of Tack London's novel Martin Eden for the women depicted in this article is also discussed.

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Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Gender Studies

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63365

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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WOMENS STUDIES

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https://doi.org/10.1177/135050689700400405

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E. Ozdalga, “Womanhood, dignity and faith - Reflections on an Islamic woman’s life story,” EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WOMENS STUDIES, pp. 473–498, 1997, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63365.