Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik
ISSN Lama 0216-2407, Baru 2086-7050
Vol. 22 / No. 3 / Published : 2009-07
Order : 1, and page :189 - 194
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Original Article :
Image and the veil : a barthesian reading of veiled muslim women
Author :
- Diah Ariani Arimbi*1
- Departemen Sastra Inggris, FIB Unair, Kampus B, Jl. Dharmawangsa Dalam Selatan, Surabaya 60286, Indonesia. Telp (+ 62 31) 5035676
Abstract :
This paper aims to examine images of veiled women from the Barthesian point of views. In Roland Barthes’ view based on his last book Camera Lucida, an image of a veiled woman constructs not only her religious identity based on her choice of clothing (fashion) but also her subjectivity. As a Muslim woman a veiled woman receives numerous perceptions from the ways she performs herself in the public discourse. It is indeed necessary to examine images of veiled women from various stand points in order to open up more possibilities especially when such images are conjectured from socio-cultural, political and subjectivity realms.
Keyword :
image, veil, subjectivity, stadium, punctum,
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