Geographies of the veil

Violent encounters in urban public spaces in Malmö, Sweden

Bibliographic Data

ID3977781
AuthorsCarina Listerborn (0000-0001-6973-7244, Malmö University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume16
Issue1
Pages95-115
Publication date2015-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2014.950690
OpenAlexW2083353746
LanguageEN
Citations received70
References cited34

Encounters between strangers, as different users of public spaces, are one of the core subjects for discussion in relation to orders in the public space. The empirical material presented in this article illustrates power relations in public spaces of Sweden, which gives a specific national and nationalist framing. This article is based on interviews with 19 Muslim women, all of whom wear the hijab. The aim of this article was to illuminate the neglected violence Muslim women are exposed to and to investigate violent public encounters from the point of view of female Muslim citizens. This recounting of encounters strives to understand the ‘lived experiences of pain’ [Ahmed, S. (2001). The organisation of hate. Law and Critique, 12, 360] and what hate is doing in terms of the effects of hate crimes. First, the concept of affect and economy of hate is elaborated on, after which the meaning of violence is developed in relation to place and space. By showing how frequent such gendered and Islamophobic violence is, in its different forms, while at the same time being largely an overlooked form of violence, the empirical material implicates that such acts of everyday violence work to establish and maintain a hegemonic social, spatial and political order

Framing (construction · Hegemony · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public space · Public sphere · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Turkey's Politics and Society

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