TY - CHAP
T1 - How I wear my headscarf. Narratives from young Danish Muslim women in Copenhagen
AU - Demir, Gülzar
AU - Nosch, Marie Louise Bech
AU - Skjold, Else
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This chapter investigates the clothing of young Muslim women, its meaning, and practices in the present and in a five-year autobiographical perspective. We focus on how clothing and styling are interwoven with practices of faith situated in the Danish urban context of Copenhagen. Beyond the political and religious, we explore the fashionable aspects, commercialization, qualities, and styles, and the tactile, bodily, and aesthetic aspects of headscarves. This chapter introduces insights from a series of online survey interviews with young women (18–25 years old) and semi-structured interviews with 8 professionals in the field of modest fashion in Copenhagen. The results reveal their practices of purchasing, inspiration seeking, and everyday styling, uncovering how they perceive fashionability and modesty in the site-specific area of Copenhagen.
AB - This chapter investigates the clothing of young Muslim women, its meaning, and practices in the present and in a five-year autobiographical perspective. We focus on how clothing and styling are interwoven with practices of faith situated in the Danish urban context of Copenhagen. Beyond the political and religious, we explore the fashionable aspects, commercialization, qualities, and styles, and the tactile, bodily, and aesthetic aspects of headscarves. This chapter introduces insights from a series of online survey interviews with young women (18–25 years old) and semi-structured interviews with 8 professionals in the field of modest fashion in Copenhagen. The results reveal their practices of purchasing, inspiration seeking, and everyday styling, uncovering how they perceive fashionability and modesty in the site-specific area of Copenhagen.
UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-71941-8_4
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-71941-8_4
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-71941-8_4
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9783030719401
T3 - New Directions in Islam Series
SP - 65
EP - 87
BT - (Re-)Claiming Bodies through Fashion and Style. Gendered Configurations in Muslim Contexts
A2 - Thimm, Viola
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
ER -