Islam
MAHMOOD, 2001
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EWING, 2006
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SILVERSTEIN, 2008
Submitted by Shailaja Valdiya on Wed, 2008-03-05 17:19MENELEY, 2007
Submitted by Cultural Anthro... on Mon, 2007-08-06 04:24Fashions and Fundamentalisms in Fin-De-Siecle Yemen: Chador Barbie and Islamic Socks
Anne Meneley
Link to relevant CA essay lists: Middle East, Religion, Gender and Sexuality
EDITORS' OVERVIEW
How have styles of religiosity among Islamic women shifted in recent years, and how are shifts in styles of religiosity connected to changing forms of commodity production and consumption? Anne Meneley takes up these questions in "Fashions and Fundamentalisms in Fin-de-Siecle Yemen: Chador Barbie and Islamic Socks," in the May 2007 issue of Cultural Anthropology. Meneley, an associate professor at Trent University in Ontario, conducted research for the essay during a return trip to Yemen in 1999. Meneley's earlier research, based in the Yemeni town of Zabid, examined how women's visiting patterns, hospitality and dress were means of securing status and honor. Her book, Tournaments of Value: Sociability and Hierarchy in a Yemeni Town, is widely regarded as a superb teaching text.
