The dynamics of wearing hijab for Muslim American women in the United States

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" The dynamics of wearing hijab for Muslim American women in the United States "

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	802651
Doc. No	:	TL47820
Call number	:	‭1558887269;‮ ‬1560366‬
Main Entry	:	Tariq-Munir, Erum
Title & Author	:	The dynamics of wearing hijab for Muslim American women in the United States
	:	\ Erum Tariq-Munir
	:	Kusow, Abdi M.
College	:	Iowa State University
Date	:	2014
Degree	:	M.S.
student score	:	2014
field of study	:	Sociology
Page No	:	77
Note	:	Committee members: Jones-Johnson, Gloria; Prokos, Anastasia
Note	:	Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-02763-1
Abstract	:	Over the past decade, and particularly since the September 11<sup> th</sup> terrorist attacks, the Muslim community in the United States has experienced an increased level of social and religious scrutiny. This unfortunate incident has fundamentally changed the way the American society views Muslims, especially Muslim women who wear the veil or <i>hijab</i> in public. Muslim women have experienced various instances of discrimination including people trying to remove their <i>hijab</i>, and/or name calling. A unique aspect of Muslim women in the US is that they not only confront the stigma of gender, race, ethnicity and religion, but that which is attached to Islamic dress as well. Despite some of these problems, however, the experiences of Muslim women in the United States remains one of the least researched topics in sociology. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the social and familial factors that affect Muslim women’s decision to wear the <i>hijab </i> and how their families react to their decision to wear the <i> hijab</i>.
Subject	:	Religion; Womens studies; Islamic Studies; Ethnic studies
Descriptor	:	Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Hijab;Muslim women
Added Entry	:	Kusow, Abdi M.
Added Entry	:	Iowa State University
	:	Sociology