The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States investigates the social and political effects of the practice of Muslim-American women wearing the headscarf (hijab) in a non-Muslim state. The authors find the act of head covering is not politically motivated in the U.S. setting, but rather it accentuates and engages Muslim identity in...
Bozena C. Welborne is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Smith College. Aubrey L. Westfall is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Wheaton College. ¿ge ¿lik Russell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Gazi University. Sarah A. Tobin is a Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway. She is the author of Everyday Piety: Islam and Economy in Jordan.
