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Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos

The New Feminine Aesthetics

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

At first sight, tattoos, nudity, and veils do not seem to have much in common except for the fact that all three have become more frequent, more visible, and more dominant in connection with aesthetic presentations of women over the past thirty years. No longer restricted to biker and sailor culture, tattoos have been sanctioned by the mainstream of liberal societies. Nudity has become more visible than ever on European beaches or on the internet. The increased use of the veil by women in Muslim and non-Muslim countries has developed in parallel with the aforementioned phenomena and is just as striking.
Through the means of conceptual analysis, Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos: The New Feminine Aesthetics reveals that these three phenomena can be both private and public, humiliating and empowering, and backward and progressive. This unorthodox approach is traced by the three’s similar social and psychological patterns, and by doing so, Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos hopes to sketch the image of a woman who is not only sexually emancipated and confident, but also more and more aware of her cultural heritage.

Lexington Books

Pages: 212 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼

978-1-4985-0046-3 • Hardback • August 2015 • $114.00 • (£88.00)

978-1-4985-0048-7 • Paperback • March 2017 • $55.99 • (£43.00)

978-1-4985-0047-0 • eBook • August 2015 • $53.00 • (£41.00)

Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies

Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos

The New Feminine Aesthetics

Hardback

Paperback

eBook

Summary

At first sight, tattoos, nudity, and veils do not seem to have much in common except for the fact that all three have become more frequent, more visible, and more dominant in connection with aesthetic presentations of women over the past thirty years. No longer restricted to biker and sailor culture, tattoos have been sanctioned by the mainstream of liberal societies. Nudity has become more visible than ever on European beaches or on the internet. The increased use of the veil by women in Muslim and non-Muslim countries has developed in parallel with the aforementioned phenomena and is just as striking.
Through the means of conceptual analysis, Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos: The New Feminine Aesthetics reveals that these three phenomena can be both private and public, humiliating and empowering, and backward and progressive. This unorthodox approach is traced by the three’s similar social and psychological patterns, and by doing so, Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos hopes to sketch the image of a woman who is not only sexually emancipated and confident, but also more and more aware of her cultural heritage.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 212 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼

978-1-4985-0046-3 • Hardback • August 2015 • $114.00 • (£88.00)

978-1-4985-0048-7 • Paperback • March 2017 • $55.99 • (£43.00)

978-1-4985-0047-0 • eBook • August 2015 • $53.00 • (£41.00)

Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies

Author

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is associate professor of philosophy at Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Veils, Tattoos, Nudity
Part I: Veils
Chapter 1: Veils and Sunglasses
Chapter 2: Veiling and Third Wave Feminism: Playing with Fire
Chapter 3: Can the Veil be Cool?
Chapter 4: Respect and Shame: Sarah Kofman on Veiling
Chapter 5: “Cool Space”: Segregation and Veiling
Part II: Nudity and Tattoos
Chapter 6: Tattoos, Nudity, Veils
Chapter 7: From the Stigmatized Tattoo to the Graffitied Body: Femininity in the Tattoo Renaissance
Chapter 8: Nudity and Tattoos from Naturism to Suicide Girls
Chapter 9: “Veils and Viagra”: A Double Victory?
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

Reviews

A unique and seminal work of extraordinary scholarship.... [V]ery highly recommended for both community and academic library Feminist Studies and Islamic Culture collections.
— Midwest Book Review

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The New Feminine Aesthetics

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