Open Access“Un/Veiled: Feminist Art from the Arab/Muslim Diaspora”
Author(s) -
Rachel Epp Buller
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.204
Subject(s) - oppression , diaspora , orientalism , deed , mindset , gender studies , sociology , aesthetics , refugee , art , literature , political science , law , philosophy , epistemology , politics
Images of Muslim women in global popular culture convey ideas of restriction and oppression: to many in the West, the covered Arab woman appears a victim, unable to express herself in word and deed. Artists and writers from within Arab cultures have challenged such simplistic readings, some offering alternative readings of living behind the veil, others offering the possibility of a feminist existence within an apparently oppressive society, all challenging the Orientalist mindset implied by such assumptions.