Homa Hoodfar

Homa Hoodfar (Persian: هما هودفر) is a Canadian-Iranian sociocultural anthropologist and professor emerita of anthropology at Concordia University in Montreal.[1] While she is most widely known for her work on Western perceptions of the veil or hijab in its varied forms, meanings, and historical uses,[2] much of her work has focused on women's roles in public life in Muslim societies,[3] with particular attention to how religious symbols and interpretations have been variously used to support and repress women's status.[4]

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  2. ^ Johnson, Brigitte. "Symbolic Oppressions: The Rhetoric and the Image of the Veil in the West". Prized Writing. UC Davis. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. ^ Hoodfar, Homa; Tajali, Mona (2011). Electoral Politics: Making Quotas Work For Women. London UK: Women Living Under Muslim Laws.
  4. ^ Hoodfar, Homa. "The Women's Movement in Iran: Women at the Crossroads of Secularization and Islamization". Iran Chamber Society. Retrieved 10 June 2016.