무슬림 여성들의 가리개, 히잡에 관한 연구

Abstract

Muslim women’s veil can be largely classified as four types: Hijab, Chador, Niqab, and Burqah. Here the most widely used veil, Hijab, is used as a generic term that covers the above four types. The following are the results of the current study. The first emergence of Hijab could be attributed to climate factors such as hot sunshine and sandstorm on the desert. Hijab is in fact not an inherent tradition of the Arabian area as it is known to have been used in ancient empires such as Byzantine and Sasanian. Now various styles of Hijab are found in different Muslim areas. In the patriarchal society, Hijab was originally used to distinguish women into two types: the women who were respected and not allowed to be accessed by others and those who were openly allowed. However, wearing veil thereby led to the concept of sexuality control and eventually contributed to representing the downfall of the status of women. In modern times, this culture also has a big effect on Muslim women in their social activities. As modernization proceeded in Muslim countries, the styles of Muslim women's costume generally became open and free due to the abolishment of the ban on wearing veils. Since Muslim fundamentalists took the hegemony, however, Muslim women were allowed to wear Hijab in some countries, forced or even obliged to wear Hijab in some other countries. The current tendency is that women are wearing Hijab less as the human rights of women are elevated. Interestingly, another tendency is increasingly observed among those who think that wearing Hijab is their obligation as Muslim. Hijab is a tradition and culture of the Muslim society, and it becomes an important symbol of Muslim. From the point of view of fashion, Hijab may be considered as a realistic devise that offers protection from the wild desert conditions and as a kind of fashion that basically represents the unique tradition of Muslim and can be further modernized in a variety of style.