Faith and Fashion in Turkey: Consumption, Politics and Islamic Identities

✍ Scribed by Nazli Alimen

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 328
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Turkey has witnessed remarkable sociocultural changes. Arguably, the most significant of these is the increased visibility and acceptability of observant Muslims who display visible clues to their religious identities, such as men with well-trimmed and thin moustaches, and veiled women, in various public spaces, particularly in ‘secular’ neighbourhoods and commercial areas such as Nişantaşı and İstinye Park mall.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Glossary
Preface
Introduction
The Bourdieuan Framework of Field and Everyday Religion
The Body and Embodiment: Multiple Muslim Identities
Faith and Consumption
Spaces and Spatialities
Taking a Snapshot
Reaching Members, Holding Interviews
Outline of the Book
1. Historical Context: Politics, Religion, Society and the Communities
The Foundation and the Early Years of the Republic
The Return of the Restricted: Islam in Politics as Religious Populism
Political and Social Lives in the 1960s and 1970s
The 1980s and 1990s: Economic Liberalisation and its Socioeconomic Impacts 35 AKP Rule: From 2002 to the Present
The Communities
The Gülen Community
The Süleymanli Community
The Menzil Community
Veiling Practices and the Headscarf Ban in Turkey
Conclusion
2. Fields and Habitus: The Religious Field of Sunni Islam and the Community Fields
The Religious Field of Islam in Turkey: The Structure and Structural Openings
Islamic Rules of Dressing and Modesty: The Informants’ References and Negotiations
Acquisition of Muslim and Community Habitus:The Community Meetings and Worship
Being Raised with Community Habitus, Becoming One of the Community Personnel
Visual Clues to Community Identities
Strategic Changes and Different Levels within the Communities
Publicly Distinguishable Clues to Piety and Community Membership of Men
Conclusion
3. Power and Politics: Interactions between Fields
Conflict and Conformity: Fields and Players
Religious Education and Imam- Hatip Schools
Struggle over Authority and Activity within the Religious Field of Sunni Islam in Turkey
Field Relations: The Bureaucratic Field and Community Fields
The Community Fields: Mobility and Permeability
Faith in the Marketplace: The Gülen, Süleymanli and Menzil Communities
The Gülen Marketplace
The Süleymanli Marketplace
The Menzil Marketplace
Conclusion
4. The Body and Space: Gendered Understandings and Practices
Community Spaces and Spatial Practices
Being Veiled/ Non- Veiled, Becoming Veiled: Women’s Experiences
Masculinities and Femininities: In the Turkish Muslim Context and in the Faith- Inspired Communities
Visibilities and Invisibilities of ‘Muslim’ Women and Men: In the Turkish Context and Community Fields
Conclusion
5. Fashion and Consumption
Religiously- Related Apparel
From Tesettürwear to the Modest Fashion Field
The Intersected and Intertwined: The Mainstream and the Modest Fashion Fields
Head coverings: Habitus and Taste Regimes
Trends and Trendsetters of the Modest Fashion Field
Conclusion
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
References
Index