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"(Un) Privileged Embodiments of Femininity, (Un) Hegemonic Articulations of Desire: The Shifting Grounds of the New Veiling Trend in Jordan"

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dc.contributor.advisorMoghissi, Haideh
dc.creatorAbbas, Saba
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-11T17:39:15Z
dc.date.available2014-07-11T17:39:15Z
dc.date.copyright2013-12-13
dc.date.issued2014-07-09
dc.date.updated2014-07-09T16:10:38Z
dc.degree.disciplineWomen's Studies
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines the new veiling trend as it is embodied by Jordanian Muslim women. It approaches veiling in terms of being an experience of femininity and desire and unpacks its complex bodily implications. I place the emphasis on one of the trend’s increasingly popular manifestations in particular; namely, the fashionable veiling. By accentuating their bodies and actively engaging the male gaze, fashionably veiled women negotiate the Quranic and cultural limits of the practice and turn it into a fashion-based and desire affirming body project. In addition to engaging the embodiment of the practice, the dissertation explores its shifting conceptualization and the discourses that shape the different forms of Muslim femininity in the country. Alongside Muslim veiling, the dissertation examines Muslim non-veiling as another important constituent of the project of Muslim femininity in Jordan. By exploring Muslim veiling and non-veiling simultaneously, the research draws attention to the interconnectedness of these body projects and underscores the stakes and contingent privileges that accompany a woman’s decision to embody one but not the other. To explore these aspects, I used the theoretical frameworks of Smith, Foucault, Butler, and Mahmood among others and conducted one-to-one semi-structured in-depth interviews with fifteen veiled and non-veiled Jordanian Muslim women. Starting from the participants’ narratives, I argue that the forms of veiling that are gaining hold in Jordan challenge the Quranic conceptualization of the practice as well as the hegemonic expressions of desire in Islam, but only to a limited extent. While transgressive, these forms reinforce the structures that stand behind the practice and do not disrupt the sexual politics embedded in it.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/27592
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectWomen's studiesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsJordanen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNew veiling trenden_US
dc.subject.keywordsFashionable veilingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFemininityen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDesireen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEmbodimenten_US
dc.subject.keywordsSexual politicsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsRelational masculinityen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMale gazeen_US
dc.subject.keywordsIslamen_US
dc.subject.keywordsQuranen_US
dc.subject.keywordsWomen's studiesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsReligionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMiddle Easten_US
dc.title"(Un) Privileged Embodiments of Femininity, (Un) Hegemonic Articulations of Desire: The Shifting Grounds of the New Veiling Trend in Jordan"en_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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