Bearers of culture: images of veiling in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis

Much ink has been spilled on the history of veiling, reveiling, and unveiling in various parts of the Muslim world, particularly in Iran. However, little mention is given in most scholarly works as to how it affects women and its ramifications in society. By examining the history of veiling in Iran...

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Main Authors:	Jelodar, Esmaeil Zeiny, Noraini Md. Yusof, Khalil Mahmoodi
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Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2013
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6520/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6520/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6520/1/1200-7435-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-65202016-12-14T06:41:25Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6520/ Bearers of culture: images of veiling in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis Jelodar, Esmaeil Zeiny Noraini Md. Yusof, Khalil Mahmoodi, Much ink has been spilled on the history of veiling, reveiling, and unveiling in various parts of the Muslim world, particularly in Iran. However, little mention is given in most scholarly works as to how it affects women and its ramifications in society. By examining the history of veiling in Iran and the study of veiling as represented in Marjane Satrapi’s memoir, Persepolis, this paper sheds light on the ramifications of forced unveiling and veiling, and it also enlightens the readers to how the Iranian women became the yardstick with which the country’s progress is measured. We argue that the two Acts of Unveiling and Veiling have been a mechanism in the service of patriarchy, which created division, conflict and segregation amongst women. We also argue that unlike the public perception that veiling is a phenomenon for Islamic hegemony and a heritage of Arab conquest, Persian women have used veiling centuries before the emergence of Islam, and in modern Iran, voluntary veiling can be used as a cultural sign of anti-imperialism. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6520/1/1200-7435-1-PB.pdf Jelodar, Esmaeil Zeiny and Noraini Md. Yusof, and Khalil Mahmoodi, (2013) Bearers of culture: images of veiling in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 19 (2). pp. 65-74. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l
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description	Much ink has been spilled on the history of veiling, reveiling, and unveiling in various parts of the Muslim world, particularly in Iran. However, little mention is given in most scholarly works as to how it affects women and its ramifications in society. By examining the history of veiling in Iran and the study of veiling as represented in Marjane Satrapi’s memoir, Persepolis, this paper sheds light on the ramifications of forced unveiling and veiling, and it also enlightens the readers to how the Iranian women became the yardstick with which the country’s progress is measured. We argue that the two Acts of Unveiling and Veiling have been a mechanism in the service of patriarchy, which created division, conflict and segregation amongst women. We also argue that unlike the public perception that veiling is a phenomenon for Islamic hegemony and a heritage of Arab conquest, Persian women have used veiling centuries before the emergence of Islam, and in modern Iran, voluntary veiling can be used as a cultural sign of anti-imperialism.
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author_facet	Jelodar, Esmaeil Zeiny Noraini Md. Yusof, Khalil Mahmoodi,
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title	Bearers of culture: images of veiling in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis
title_short	Bearers of culture: images of veiling in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis
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publisher	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
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