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- Title
Girl in American Flag Hijab.
- Authors
Beydoun, Noha
- Abstract
In this article, I analyze the American flag as hijab both in the infamous "We the People" (2017) campaign poster by Shepard Fairey and its adaptation by Muslim girls and young women during protests against President Trump's inauguration and subsequent immigration policies (including the infamous Muslim Ban). Despite critical acclaim that hailed the American flag hijab largely as revolutionary, I argue that it embodies a symbolic visualization of a liberated Muslim woman figure that is central to the survival of American imperialism. Using frameworks that understand freedom shaped by neoliberal interests and interrogating the histories of the flag in both American immigration and colonial contexts, I demonstrate that the American flag as hijab for girls and women reinforces the larger constructs it seeks to resist.
- Subjects
TRUMP, Donald, 1946-; FLAGS of the United States; HIJAB (Islamic clothing); INAUGURATION of United States presidents; MUSLIM youth; MUSLIM women; YOUNG women; PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation
- Publication
Girlhood Studies, 2023, Vol 16, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1938-8209
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3167/ghs.2023.160303