Governing women's morality

Yildiz Atasoy (1)

1 SFU.ca - Simon Fraser University = Université Simon Fraser

The veiling of Muslim women is subject to strongly contested ideas about whether the veil is a symbol of women's subordination to an oppressive tradition or a means of emancipation from that tradition. This article suggests that women's own personal reasons for veiling must be analysed. Data collected from published documents from Muslim organizations allows for demonstration that the veil is configured as central to an Islamic moral code of female modesty. A further analysis of findings from interviews conducted with veiled Muslim women in Winnipeg shows the nuanced ways in which women enact this code.

Mots clés: Canada; gender; Islamic culture; Muslim organizations; veil; women

Yildiz Atasoy. Governing women's morality. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 2006, 9 (2), pp.203-221. ⟨10.1177/1367549406063164⟩. ⟨hal-00571506⟩