The criterion of consistency

Women's self-presentation at Yarmouk University, Jordan

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ID2279092
AuthorsLaura Pearl Kaya (City University of New York, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume37
Issue3
Pages526-538
Publication date2010-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Ethnologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01270.x
OpenAlexW2139330065
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

In the late 20th century, for the first time, higher education became an attainable goal for Jordanian women of all backgrounds, and Jordanian universities became vibrant, coed public spaces. The first-generation-female college students who enter these spaces take relational traditions of female identity construction that developed in intimate settings and adapt them for use in large-scale, anonymous environments. Identities based on relationships are reified for exchange in a public sphere, and imperatives that had seemed to keep women in a "private" realm are transformed as women move in "public" space. After exploring the meanings of women's dress at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan, I conclude with remarks on the implications of my study for the headscarf debate in France

Aesthetics · Art · Consistency (knowledge bases · Geography · Identity (music · Political science · Presentation (obstetrics · Realm · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Public Spaces through Art

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