Abstract

In this article, we foreground the intersection of hijab and fashion as multiple expressions of Muslim women’s gendered identities and geographies in Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand. Muslim women use their bodies to express adaptations of femininity, religion, and nationalities. Using an embodied geography lens, this article grapples with mutual intersecting identities, including gender, religion and nationality and wider relations of power. Drawing on interviews with 30 participants and their social media images, we show how participants trouble a modesty and fashion binary. They do this in – and through – the city of Hamilton in both online and offline spaces. There are three findings. First, we show the complex relationship between identities, hijab, fashion, gender and religious power relations in and around their bodies. Second, Muslim women have conflicting emotions when wearing a veil and engaging with fashionable clothing and accessories in Hamilton. Finally, we focus on the ways that Muslim women use Facebook and Instagram and an array of fashion hashtags to illustrate the intersection of hijab, clothes, place and Western fashion. In doing so they negotiate online and offline spaces to construct hybrid fashionable-Islamic bodies and places. In each of these findings, we highlight the ways participants understand their Muslim-Kiwi identities.

摘要

在这篇文章中，我们将头巾与时尚的交集视为新西兰奥特阿罗阿汉密尔顿穆斯林女性性别身份和地理位置的多种表达方式。穆斯林妇女用她们的身体来表达对女性气质、宗教和国籍的适应。本文使用具身的地理镜头，探讨相互交叉的身份，包括性别、宗教和国籍以及更广泛的权力关系。通过对 30 名参与者的采访及其社交媒体图片，我们展示了参与者如何困扰谦虚和时尚的二元。他们在汉密尔顿市的线上和线下空间中并通过汉密尔顿市这样做。有三个发现。首先，我们展示了他们身体内部和周围的身份、头巾、时尚、性别和宗教权力关系之间的复杂关系。第二，在汉密尔顿，穆斯林妇女在戴面纱和穿着时尚服装和配饰时会产生矛盾的情绪。最后，我们关注穆斯林女性使用 Facebook 和 Instagram 的方式以及一系列时尚标签来说明头巾、衣服、地方和西方时尚的交集。在这样做的过程中，他们协商线上和线下空间，以构建混合的时尚伊斯兰团体和场所。在每一项调查结果中，我们都强调了参与者理解他们的穆斯林-新西兰人身份的方式。在这样做的过程中，他们协商线上和线下空间，以构建混合的时尚伊斯兰团体和场所。在每一项调查结果中，我们都强调了参与者理解他们的穆斯林-新西兰人身份的方式。在这样做的过程中，他们协商线上和线下空间，以构建混合的时尚伊斯兰团体和场所。在每一项调查结果中，我们都强调了参与者理解他们的穆斯林-新西兰人身份的方式。