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LAP Lambert Academic Publishing The Veil Beyond Western Prevailing Discourses

Name: The Veil Beyond Western Prevailing Discourses
Brand: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
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Since the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York in 2001, the issue of veiling, Muslim womanhood, Islam and its compatibility with Western values and ways of life were among the most debated topics in the 21st century. However, the veil or the Muslim woman’s visibility in the public spheres was a blow in the West immediately after the event of 9/11; the incident which gave the impetus to a new discourse on Muslims, which was described as a ‘New American Orientalism’. Arguably, this discourse has much in common with the past colonial paradigms—such as ‘The White Man’s Burden’—which were mostly built on some preposterous vilifications of an entire group of people as an attempt to legitimize and appropriate certain actions. Consequently, this has led to the construction of certain beliefs such as the veil as the reason behind Muslim women’s oppression, exclusion and lack of visibility in comparison with their male counterparts. As a result, The Veil Beyond Western Prevailing Discourses tries to scrutinize the portrayal of the veil in Western media—films, documentaries, and newspapers—with an attempt to give an alternative to Western prevailing discourses on the veil. About the Author Taleb BILAL is a Lecturer at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco. Bilal’s field of research includes Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Literature and Media Studies with a special emphasis on the question of representation. At the University level, he taught number of courses: Readings in Culture, Cyber-culture and Globalization...

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Brand: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Format: paperback
ASIN: 3659586307
Category: Books > Subjects > Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Reference
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 26 August 2014
Listed Since: 19 September 2014

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