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Mainstreaming the Headscarf: Islamist Politics and Women in the Turkish Media

Mainstreaming the Headscarf: Islamist Politics and Women in the Turkish Media

Ezra Ozcan
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With the rise to power of the Justice and Development Party in the early 2000s in Turkey, the headscarf that used be looked down upon by the secular middle and upper classes moved to the mainstream. It has since become a symbol of desirable womanhood. This development has pushed Turkey's secular feminists, who had been critical of the headscarf ban, to the margins.

This book is the first to trace this new phase of conservative gender politics by examining the images of women's headscarves across secular and Islamic news media. Based on the analysis of photographs and the columns of conservative women journalists, the book sheds light on how the AKP is transforming the image of womanhood. It also identifies the rise of the conservative female journalist as an important phenomenon in the country. Esra Özcan problematizes designators such as “Islamist women” or “Islamic feminists” and instead aims to understand these women in terms of their commitment to right-wing activism and politics, which has so far been ignored. An original contribution to feminist scholarship on Muslim women, this book draws on the unique perspectives of Visual Culture and Communication Studies.
Pages
280
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Release
November 14, 2019
ISBN
1788314018
ISBN 13
9781788314015

Mainstreaming the Headscarf: Islamist Politics and Women in the Turkish Media

Ezra Ozcan
0/5 ( ratings)
With the rise to power of the Justice and Development Party in the early 2000s in Turkey, the headscarf that used be looked down upon by the secular middle and upper classes moved to the mainstream. It has since become a symbol of desirable womanhood. This development has pushed Turkey's secular feminists, who had been critical of the headscarf ban, to the margins.

This book is the first to trace this new phase of conservative gender politics by examining the images of women's headscarves across secular and Islamic news media. Based on the analysis of photographs and the columns of conservative women journalists, the book sheds light on how the AKP is transforming the image of womanhood. It also identifies the rise of the conservative female journalist as an important phenomenon in the country. Esra Özcan problematizes designators such as “Islamist women” or “Islamic feminists” and instead aims to understand these women in terms of their commitment to right-wing activism and politics, which has so far been ignored. An original contribution to feminist scholarship on Muslim women, this book draws on the unique perspectives of Visual Culture and Communication Studies.
Pages
280
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Release
November 14, 2019
ISBN
1788314018
ISBN 13
9781788314015

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