Mainstreaming the Headscarf: Islamist Politics and Women in the Turkish Media

Esra OEzcan (Tulane University, USA)

Mainstreaming the Headscarf: Islamist Politics and Women in the Turkish Media
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country
United Kingdom
Published
20 May 2021
Pages
280
ISBN
9780755643783

Mainstreaming the Headscarf: Islamist Politics and Women in the Turkish Media

Esra OEzcan (Tulane University, USA)

With the rise to power of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the early 2000s in Turkey, the headscarf that used be looked down upon by the secular middle and upper classes moved to the mainstream. It has since become a symbol of desirable womanhood. This development has pushed Turkey’s secular feminists, who had been critical of the headscarf ban, to the margins.

This book is the first to trace this new phase of conservative gender politics by examining the images of women’s headscarves across secular and Islamic news media. Based on the analysis of photographs and the columns of conservative women journalists, the book sheds light on how the AKP is transforming the image of womanhood. It also identifies the rise of the conservative female journalist as an important phenomenon in the country. Esra OEzcan problematizes designators such as Islamist women or Islamic feminists and instead aims to understand these women in terms of their commitment to right-wing activism and politics, which has so far been ignored. An original contribution to feminist scholarship on Muslim women, this book draws on the unique perspectives of Visual Culture and Communication Studies.

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