The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States

Author/Contributor(s):	Welborne, Bozena C
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	05/15/2018
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States investigates the social and political effects of the practice of Muslim-American women wearing the headscarf (hijab) in a non-Muslim state. The authors find the act of head covering is not politically motivated in the U.S. setting, but rather it accentuates and engages Muslim identity in...