![]() ![]() While the party-state strives to control and standardize Uyghur dress, the community itself responds, sometimes defiantly, with a complex registry of veiling practices that reflect everything from ethnonational resistance, increased religious faith, and global Islamic haute couture. Questioning The Veil: Open Letters To Muslim Women Marnia Lazreg, T5-2 FR (Iste)Patrick Prouzet, Record Of Service Of Michigan Volunteers In The Civil War, 1861-1865 (Volume 6)Michigan. We contrast the party-state’s antiveiling campaign to eliminate popular styles in Xinjiang, with the diverse reasons and meanings Uyghur women and men attach to them. Questioning the Veil : Open Letters to: Lazreg, Marnia. New styles of veiling have entered China from abroad, intensifying the controversy over the scope of Uyghur ethnic attire. The Eloquence of Silence: Algerian Women in Question by Lazreg, Marnia and a great selection of. ![]() ![]() This article explores the ongoing struggle between the Chinese Communist Party and Xinjiang’s Uyghur Muslim minority over the right to define what is “appropriate” and “normal” female adornment. The over 10 million Muslim women in China have their own histories and cultures of veiling. The Islamic veil is arguably the most politicized piece of fabric in the world, eliciting heated debate over its significance and complex meanings. © 2016 by The Australian National University. ![]()
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