The Social and Cultural Construction of Burqa: The Case of Gheshm Island in Iran.
The present study attempts to describe the components, characteristics, and implications of burqa in Qeshm Island, Iran, through an ethnographic method. The sample of the study is composed of twelve burqa-wearing women who were selected by applying a purposive sampling method. The process of data co...
| Publicado en: | Sexuality & Culture Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 962 - 980 |
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