ABSTRACT

In The Souls of Black Folk W.E.B Du Bois conceptualised arguably two of the most significant and powerful theories of race and racism, that of ‘the Veil’ and ‘double consciousness’. This paper utilises the concept of the veil both literally, in the case of non/veiling acts of British South Asian (BSA) Muslim women living in Oldham, but also metaphorically, through the Veil, as a form of social and cultural exclusion of Muslim women in everyday interactions. The paper argues that the use of the Veil and double consciousness, is able to highlight the extent to which Muslim women actively reflect upon hegemonic discourses of the veil as oppression and veil as respectability which shape understandings of them. The paper contends that an analytical use of ‘double consciousness’ in particular, can highlight the nuanced experiences of BSA Muslim women’s everyday lives.

摘要

在黑人的灵魂中WEB Du Bois 概念化了两个最重要和最强大的种族和种族主义理论，即“面纱”和“双重意识”。本文在字面上使用面纱的概念，在英国南亚 (BSA) 居住在奥尔德姆的穆斯林妇女的非/面纱行为的情况下，而且隐喻地，通过面纱，作为一种社会和文化排斥穆斯林的形式日常交往中的女性。本文认为，面纱和双重意识的使用，能够突出穆斯林妇女积极反思面纱霸权话语的程度，将面纱视为压迫，将面纱视为尊重，从而塑造了对她们的理解。该论文认为，特别是对“双重意识”的分析使用可以突出 BSA 穆斯林妇女日常生活的细微差别。