The subject of religion and dress in Turkey has been debated at great length both in academia and the media. Through in-depth ethnographic research into the Turkish fashion market and the work of a category of newcomers, namely headscarf-wearing fashion professionals, Islam, Faith, and Fashion exami
Islam, Faith, and Fashion: the Islamic Fashion Industry in Turkey
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- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 199
- Series
- Dress and fashion research
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Hidden dynamics in an Islamic fashionΒ show
Entrepreneurship in Islamic fashion andΒ its challenges
A foreigner researching Islamic fashion in Istanbul
Terminology
Structure of the book
Chapter 2 The veiling debates: Islamic dress, Islamist headscarves, and Islamic fashion
Islamic dress
The Islamist headscarf
Islamic fashion
A business meeting
The historical and discursive context
Chapter 3 A sector with flexible boundaries
Beginnings
Developments: Clothes and their aestheticization
Developments: Clothes and their conceptualization
Developments: Newcomers
Developments: New types of businesses
A sector?
Chapter 4 Headscarf-wearing fashion professionals
Fashion designers
Fashion media professionals
The democratization of fashion
Chapter 5 Fashionable garments
Aesthetics: Experimentation
Aesthetics: Innovation
Aesthetics: Ideals
Ethics
Aesthetics is ethics
Conclusion
Chapter 6 Fashion images
The fashion photo shoot
Fashion images with and for headscarf-wearing women
Chapter 7 Becoming fashion professionals
An ordinary practice
Ordinary professions
An ordinary presence
The (re)politicization of fashion
Confidence and hesitation
Aesthetics, ethics, and politics
Chapter 8 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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