TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural responses to face coverings
T2 - South Asian women’s perspectives
AU - Arya, Rina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023/11/1
Y1 - 2023/11/1
N2 - This research note conveys the views of three women with South Asian backgrounds on face coverings which became mandatory in certain places in the UK during Covid-19. All three women made connections between wearing face coverings and the practice of veiling associated with Islam. The conversations that ensued explored the ramifications of the action of covering their faces in relation to cultural memories, isolation, and discrimination.
AB - This research note conveys the views of three women with South Asian backgrounds on face coverings which became mandatory in certain places in the UK during Covid-19. All three women made connections between wearing face coverings and the practice of veiling associated with Islam. The conversations that ensued explored the ramifications of the action of covering their faces in relation to cultural memories, isolation, and discrimination.
KW - Covid-19
KW - Face coverings
KW - veiling practices
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85169913455&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13537903.2023.2246749
DO - 10.1080/13537903.2023.2246749
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85169913455
VL - 38
SP - 553
EP - 562
JO - Journal of Contemporary Religion
JF - Journal of Contemporary Religion
SN - 1353-7903
IS - 3
ER -