A unique and seminal work of extraordinary scholarship.... [V]ery highly recommended for both community and academic library Feminist Studies and Islamic Culture collections.

Midwest Book Review

At first sight, tattoos, nudity, and veils do not seem to have much in common except for the fact that all three have become more frequent, more visible, and more dominant in connection with aesthetic presentations of women over the past thirty years. No longer restricted to biker and sailor culture, tattoos have been sanctioned by the mainstream of liberal societies. Nudity has become more visible than ever on European beaches or on the internet. The increased use of the veil by women in Muslim and non-Muslim countries has developed in parallel with the aforementioned phenomena and is just as striking. Through the means of conceptual analysis, Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos: The New Feminine Aesthetics reveals that these three phenomena can be both private and public, humiliating and empowering, and backward and progressive. This unorthodox approach is traced by the three’s similar social and psychological patterns, and by doing so, Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos hopes to sketch the image of a woman who is not only sexually emancipated and confident, but also more and more aware of her cultural heritage.
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By taking an unorthodox approach towards three phenomena that have changed considerably during the past thirty years, this book reveals through conceptual analysis that the three are both private and public, humiliating and empowering, and backward and progressive, and can ultimately be traced by similar social and psychological patterns.
Les mer
A unique and seminal work of extraordinary scholarship.... [V]ery highly recommended for both community and academic library Feminist Studies and Islamic Culture collections.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781498500487
Publisert
2017-03-27
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books
Vekt
327 gr
Høyde
231 mm
Bredde
150 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
212

Biographical note

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is associate professor of philosophy at Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait.