islam, feminism, and popular culture
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Arjana, Sophia Rose
- Creator
- Fox, Kim
- Contributor
- Ali, Wajahat
- Publish Year
- 2018
- Shelfmark
- WER 54 2018
- Thesaurus
- moslima's, islam, hoofddoeken, vrouwbeelden, stereotypering, media, strips, populaire cultuur, 20e eeuw, 21e eeuw
- Description
- This book is about stories of Muslim women as told through comics and animated cartoons. These forms of popular culture offer another vision of Islam than that of anxiety and terror. The book focuses on Muslim female superheroes from Pakistan, Kuwait, Egypt and the United States that illustrate the diversity of Muslim experience in today's world. It shows positive characters, Muslim women who are independent, exercise special powers and fight against injustice. Examples include Burka Avenger, Ms. Marvel and Bloody Nasreen. They are often global figures, veiled and political characters. The author analyzes the communication of their bodies, customes, words and actions.