Purdha
The All Concealing Dress
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19547710 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Saadia Abid (University of Vienna, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AAS working papers in social anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1998-507X • E-ISSN: 1998-507X |
| Publisher | Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1553/wpsa7s1 |
| OpenAlex | W2809247457 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper attempts at a theoretical explanation of one form of purdah called burqa, by presenting an ethnographic case study of a women's Islamic school in Pakistan.Purdah may be defi ned as a cultural denomination of the English word "veil".This topical fi eld has attracted a plethora of intriguing studies in the social sciences due to its socio-politico-religious aspects.El Guindi argues that the discourse on veil is predominantly infl uenced by Western-ideology feminists who regard it "as an aspect of patriarchies and a sign of women's backwardness, subordination, and oppression" (El Guindi 1999: 1).The present paper using and emic approach presents yet another dimension of this type of clothing.It establishes the hypothesis that purdah is symbolic of a form of religiosity that claims modesty.The argument is structured along three parts; starting with the signifi cance of clothing and defi nition of the term purdah it moves on to the fi nal part, the detailed explanation of this dynamic clothing
Aesthetics · Art · Computer security · Internet privacy · Computer Science · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |