MINI LITERATURE REVIEW
SOCI 1002 F
PROFESSOR – HOLLY THOMAS

Question #1

How does the social media help support a muslim woman’s rights and beliefs?

Question #2

Navarro, L. (2010) Islamophobia and Sexism: Muslim Women in the Western Mass Media. Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge. 95-114. Badr, H. Islamic Identity Re-Covered: Muslim Women after September 11th. Culture and Religion. 321 – 338.
Ozcan, E. Lingerie, Bikinis and the Headscarf. Feminist Media Studies. 427 – 442.

Question #3

Article #1: Navarro, L. (2010) Islamophobia and Sexism: Muslim Women in the Western Mass Media. Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge. 95-114.

This article addresses the part that social media plays in adding to the act of racism that takes place against Muslims: "Islamophobia". The author talks about how the media reflects certain attributes of Muslim Women. The article also talks about the French ban on the Veil and how the whole act was represented by the Media. The author argues about how the media and the government over looked the aspects that could be deemed racist towards the culture and religion.

Article #2: Badr, H. Islamic Identity Re-Covered: Muslim Women after September 11th. Culture and Religion. 321 – 338.

This article addresses how the September 11th attacks changed the approach towards Muslims and in particular Muslim women all across the world. It talks about Muslim female's choice to wear the Headscarf and how American Muslim women would use their hijab proudly as a symbol of religious origin as compared to migrant Muslim females.

Article #3: Ozcan, E. Lingerie, Bikinis and the Headscarf. Feminist Media Studies. 427 – 442.

This article addresses the approach that the German Media has towards the migration of Muslims females. It shows the three approaches that are taken towards the Muslim female migrants which talk about the estrangement towards them, the difference between the style of living and