Good Hijab, Bad Hijab

March 13, 2007
12:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. EDT

In this presentation, Elizabeth Bucar, assistant professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, discussed how two distinct cases of public hijabi practices can teach us about the productive power of the veil. Bucar explored the function of the veil in shifting Iranian political and ethical norms. Her presentation featured images from her fieldwork in Iran in 2004.

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