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Author Alimen, Nazli, author

Title Faith and fashion in Turkey : consumption, politics and Islamic identities / Nazli Alimen
Published London : I.B. Tauris, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Library of modern Turkey ; 40
Library of modern Turkey ; 40.
Contents Cover; Author bio; Endorsement; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Glossary; Preface; Introduction; 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; AKP Rule: From 2002 to the Present; The Communities; The GÃơlen Community; The SÃơleymanli Community
The Menzil CommunityVeiling 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 Informantsâ#x80;#x99; 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 MenConclusion; 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 GÃơlen, SÃơleymanli and Menzil Communities; The GÃơlen Marketplace; The SÃơleymanli Marketplace; The Menzil Marketplace; Conclusion
4 The Body and Space: Gendered Understandings and PracticesCommunity Spaces and Spatial Practices; Being Veiled/Non-Veiled, Becoming Veiled: Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Experiences; Masculinities and Femininities: In the Turkish Muslim Context and in the Faith-Inspired Communities; Visibilities and Invisibilities of â#x80;#x98;Muslimâ#x80;#x99; Women and Men: In the Turkish Context and Community Fields; Conclusion; 5 Fashion and Consumption; Religiously-Related Apparel; From TesettÃơrwear to the Modest Fashion Field; The Intersected and Intertwined: The Mainstream and the Modest Fashion Fields
Head Coverings: Habitus and Taste RegimesTrends and Trendsetters of the Modest Fashion Field; Conclusion; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
Summary "Turkey has witnessed remarkable sociocultural change under the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), particularly regarding its religious communities. As individuals with pious identities have increasingly gained access to state power and accumulated economic influence, so religious appearances and practices have become more visible in Turkey's 'secular' public spaces. More than this, consumption practices have changed and new Islamic and Islamist identities have emerged. This book investigates three of the most widespread faith-inspired communities in Turkey: the Gulen, Suleymanli and the Menzil. Nazli Alimen compares these communities, looking at their diverse interpretations of Islamic rules related to the body and dress, and how these different groups compete for power and control in Turkey. In tracing what motivates consumption practices, the book adds to the growing interest in the commercial aspects of modest and Islamic fashion. It also highlights the importance of clothing and bodily rituals (such as veiling, grooming and food choices) for the formation of community identities. Based on ethnographic research, Alimen analyses the relationship between the marketplace and religion, and shows how different communities interact with each other and state institutions. Of particular note are the varied expressions of Islamic masculinities and femininities at play. Appealing to a cross-disciplinary readership, the book will be relevant for scholars within Turkish Studies, Gender Studies, Islamic Studies, Fashion, Consumption Studies, Sociology of Religion and Middle Eastern Studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 7, 2018)
Subject Muslim women -- Clothing -- Turkey
Islamic clothing and dress -- Turkey
Islam and politics -- Turkey
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Islam and politics
Islamic clothing and dress
Muslim women -- Clothing
Turkey
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781786723796
1786723794