“How I Wear My Headscarf.” Narratives
About Dress and Styling from Young
Muslim Women in Copenhagen
Gülzar Demir, Marie-Louise Nosch, and Else Skjold
Introduction and Literature Overview
Muslim women’s dress, the headscarf in particular,
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is both highly
debated and has generated a vast body of scholarly literature.
According to Susan Rasmussen, “most popular images of the veil and
veiling remain emotion-based, culture-bound, and de-contextualized”
G. Demir
Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
e-mail: gulzar@hum.ku.dk
M.-L. Nosch
Centre for Textile Research, Copenhagen, Denmark
e-mail: nosch@hum.ku.dk
E. Skjold (B )
Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark
e-mail: eskj@kadk.dk
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature
Switzerland AG 2021
V. Thimm (ed.), (Re-)Claiming Bodies Through Fashion and Style,
New Directions in Islam,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71941-8_4
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