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Faith and fashion in Turkey : consumption, politics and Islamic identities / Nazli Alimen.

By: Series: Library of modern Turkey ; 40.Publisher: Copyright date: 2018Description: xx, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1788311663
  • 9781788311663
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.6/9709561 23 A411
LOC classification:
  • BP190.5.C6 A44 2018
  • BL2320 .A44 2018
Contents:
1. Historical Context: Politics, Religion, Society and the Communities -- 2. Fields and Habitus: The Religious Field of Sunni Islam and the Community Fields -- 3. Power and Politics: Interactions between Fields -- 4. The Body and Space: Gendered Understandings and Practices -- 5. Fashion and Consumption.
Summary: Turkey has witnessed remarkable sociocultural change under the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), particularly regarding its religious communities. As individuals with pious identities have increasingly gained access to state power and accumulated economic influence, so religious appearances and practices have become more visible in Turkey's 'secular' public spaces. More than this, consumption practices have changed and new Islamic and Islamist identities have emerged. This book investigates three of the most widespread faith-inspired communities in Turkey: the Gülen, the Süleymanli and the Menzil. Nazli Alimen compares these communities, looking at their diverse interpretations of Islamic rules related to the body and dress, and how these different groups compete for power and control in Turkey. In tracing what motivates consumption practices, the book adds to the growing interest in the commercial aspects of modest and Islamic fashion. It also highlights the importance of clothing and bodily rituals (such as veiling, grooming and food choices) for the formation of community identities. Based on ethnographic research, Faith and Fashion analyses the relationship between the marketplace and religion, and shows how different communities interact with each other and state institutions. Of particular note are the varied expressions of Islamic masculinities adn femininities at play--back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-283) and index.

1. Historical Context: Politics, Religion, Society and the Communities -- 2. Fields and Habitus: The Religious Field of Sunni Islam and the Community Fields -- 3. Power and Politics: Interactions between Fields -- 4. The Body and Space: Gendered Understandings and Practices -- 5. Fashion and Consumption.

Turkey has witnessed remarkable sociocultural change under the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), particularly regarding its religious communities. As individuals with pious identities have increasingly gained access to state power and accumulated economic influence, so religious appearances and practices have become more visible in Turkey's 'secular' public spaces. More than this, consumption practices have changed and new Islamic and Islamist identities have emerged. This book investigates three of the most widespread faith-inspired communities in Turkey: the Gülen, the Süleymanli and the Menzil. Nazli Alimen compares these communities, looking at their diverse interpretations of Islamic rules related to the body and dress, and how these different groups compete for power and control in Turkey. In tracing what motivates consumption practices, the book adds to the growing interest in the commercial aspects of modest and Islamic fashion. It also highlights the importance of clothing and bodily rituals (such as veiling, grooming and food choices) for the formation of community identities. Based on ethnographic research, Faith and Fashion analyses the relationship between the marketplace and religion, and shows how different communities interact with each other and state institutions. Of particular note are the varied expressions of Islamic masculinities adn femininities at play--back cover.