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- Title
Islamic Head Covering among Turkish Women in the U.S.
- Authors
Donlon, Jocelyn Hazelwood
- Abstract
The article focuses on the experiences of five young educated Turkish women living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The author says these women's decision to use yemini, an everyday scarf made of light cotton, is borne not only for devotion to Allah but also on the notion of democratic freedoms. They said that they have more religious freedom in the U.S. than in Turkey, although they said that Turkish Muslims in the U.S. are often presumed to be oppressed or extremist and are viewed differently from women who immigrated from more restrictive Islamic countries.
- Subjects
BATON Rouge (La.); LOUISIANA; SOCIAL conditions of women; DEMOCRACY; MUSLIMS; GOD in Islam
- Publication
Western Folklore, 2007, Vol 66, Issue 3/4, p329
- ISSN
0043-373X
- Publication type
Article