Why do Muslim women wear the hijab? How do they reconcile different approaches to veiling between generations, across different geographical regions and in different cultural and social environments? How do they negotiate diverse social and cultural influences, pressures and expectations, legal constraints, practical challenges and fashion trends? In this collection we explore the extraordinary range of different styles of Muslim dress and the emotions people can invest in them. Track 1 looks at different attitudes towards veiling in the Southern Indian city of Calicut (also known as Kozhikode), and in tracks 2, 3 and 4, Stefanie Sinclair, Open University Lecturer in Religious Studies, talks to the anthropologist Emma Tarlo, of Goldsmiths, University of London, about different attitudes among British Muslims towards veiling, fashion and the commercialisation of the hijab. This material forms part of the Open University course A332 Why is religion controversial?
Track 1: Veiling in the Southern Indian City of Calicut
Exploring the many varieties of religious veil worn by the Muslim women of Calicut (Kozhikode).
Is Muslim dress becoming its own form of commercial fashion? How does the Muslim modest fashion industry differ from the mainstream fashion industry?
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Originally published: Friday, 22 February 2013
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Starting A332 in the autumn so beginning my research now. Enjoyed the video but I have hearing issues and the transcripts, for me, are a necessity. The transcript for track 4 is actually the transcript for track 1 so that wasn't helpful and I can see this has been reported before but not changed.
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Michael Hall - 27 July 2017 2:36pm
It appears that the link for the transcript for track 4 reverts to linking to the transcript for track 1
Michael Hall - 27 July 2017 2:36pm
It appears that the link for the transcript for track 4 reverts to linking to the transcript for track 1
OpenLearn Moderator - 31 July 2017 11:25am
Hi Michael,
Many thanks for letting us know - I'll ask the team to re-instate it.
Best wishes
OpenLearn Moderator