Veiled Discourse-Unveiled Bodies

Introduction

“…Working-class women's relationship to city life and to those who are "unfamiliar" creates its own sets of bodily and emotional disciplining. 20 For many urban residents public life does not always allow for the pleasures of the modern: the cafés, parks, concert halls, beaches, or the promenade for women to enjoy alone. Rather, especially for poor women, it offers the options of harassment in the narrow alleys of industrial townships, in long waits at bus stops of the unpredictable public transport system, and in the discriminating work culture that needs to be negotiated due to the compulsion of earning a living.…”

Haute Couturein Tehran: Two Faces of an Emerging Fashion Scene

“…At the same time, various new regulations on women's behavior came into use under the guise of training in training in "good manners," prescribing a mode of behavior that embodied "veiling in the absence of the veil." Before women could participate in public their bodies needed to be disciplined (Najmabadi 1993).…”

From Behind the Curtain : A Study of a Girls' Madrasa in India

“…Concerning the link between women's education and 'discourses of domesticity' in the 'Muslim World' , see Abu Lughod 1998;Najmabadi 1993. Regarding Muslim women's education in India see Agrawal 1986;Ahmad 1982;Hasan 1998;Saiyid 1995;and Sharma 1995.…”