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- Title
Burqa and the human umwelt.
- Authors
Staiano-Ross, Kathryn; Khan, Amarah Niazi
- Abstract
We all construct models of the world by which we make sense of the phenomena we encounter. But rarely is the model of the women who wear the burqa considered. We hold that the world must be perceived through the body of the other before meaning can be assessed. We argue that the burqa is not an object, but a set of human relationships. It has no singular interpretant by which it can be understood. It is a highly nuanced semiosic phenomenon that we believe can best be understood by placing the burqa within a specific human umwelt.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; BURQAS (Islamic clothing); WOMEN in Islam; INTERPERSONAL relations; WOMEN; PURDAH
- Publication
Semiotica, 2015, Vol 2015, Issue 204, p61
- ISSN
0037-1998
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/sem-2014-0057