Girl in American Flag Hijab

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ID12975280
AuthorsNoha Beydoun (0000-0001-6897-1012, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume16
Issue3
Pages1-17
Publication date2023-11-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGirlhood Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1938-8209 • E-ISSN: 1938-8322
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/ghs.2023.160303
OpenAlexW4388561039
LanguageEN
References cited11

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

Colonialism · Flag (linear algebra · Girl · Immigration · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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