ClassInfo - Spring 2020 Asian :26 Middle Eastern Studies Classes

Spring 2020 | AMES 1912 Section 001: Fashioning Islam in Literature and Culture (65552)

Instructor(s): Nida Sajid
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: Freshman Full Year Registration
Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020

Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM

UMTC, East Bank

Tate Laboratory of Physics B55
Enrollment Status:: Open (3 of 20 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Over the last few decades, the image of the Muslim veil has been variously idealized and politicized around the globe. This excessive (in)visibility has triggered multiple scholarly and public conversations about the relationship between collective faith and individual choice in Islam. The objective of this course is to investigate and go beyond these debates about veiling and unveiling to uncover complex aesthetic and political acts of self-fashioning undertaken by Muslim writers, filmmakers, and artists as they engage with and re-define processes of Islamic piety and global modernity. Through innovative readings of film, literature, and popular culture from a range of geographical sites and historical periods, this course highlights the importance of clothing and adornment in the formation of gendered identities, religious beliefs, and nationalist politics. From the Turkish Fez to the Indian Sari, we will explore how dress practices stitch together structures of power, displays of masculinity, and questions of women's agency in different times and places. These explorations will be guided by an interest in identifying unconventional cultural sites for the staging and un-staging of "Muslim dress" and assessing the importance of fashion in stimulating gendered consumption and aesthetics.
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