ABSTRACT

In this article, drawing on Butler, Bourdieu, and Foucault, I examine the veil as an embodied and ethical practice. More particularly, I look at the way in which embodied subjectivities are (re)constructed and contested in the process of socio-cultural and political developments. I trace briefly the politics of the veil in the Iranian context during three historical periods. In light of the notion of embodied subjectification, I seek to reveal the meanings that are ascribed to the veil through imperatives enforced by the Iranian state, and highlight the diverse ways in which the women (re)appropriate and subvert veiling practices through ethics and forms of self-constitution. In so doing, I depict the relations of power that the embodied subjectivity of women is dependent upon, and redefine women’s subjectivity as their capacity to act in ways that may entail specific relations of subordination.

摘要

在本文中，我将借鉴Butler，Bourdieu和Foucault的观点，将面纱作为一种体现并符合道德规范的实践进行研究。更具体地说，我研究了在社会文化和政治发展过程中（重新）构造和挑战体现的主体性的方式。我简要回顾了三个历史时期在伊朗背景下的面纱政治。根据体现主体化的概念，我力求揭示伊朗国家通过执行命令所赋予的面纱含义，并强调妇女通过道德和形式（重新）运用和颠覆面纱实践的多种方式自我宪法。在此过程中，我描绘了女性所体现的主体性所依赖的权力关系，