Paradoxes of Pardha and Agency among Muslim women in Kerala












            ******************************************************************************************

            * Julten Abdelhalim
            ******************************************************************************************
            Abstrakt

            Following the oil boom of the 1970s in the Arabian Gulf, the region witnessed massive labo
            waves from the Southwestern Indian state of Kerala. The impact of the migration on the Ara
            countries led to unprecedented advancements in the human development index of Kerala, espe

            Muslims who were most affected by the tremendous social change. In this paper, I focus on 
            of this socio-cultural change that was reflected in the adoption of the female Arab black 
            pardha in Kerala. What I will be arguing through the coming pages is the paradoxical formu

            was enforced as a marker of identity, but had nevertheless created emancipatory tools out 
            frameworks of traditional patriarchy as characteristic of much of Keralite society. This p

            convey the different debates surrounding this phenomenon and what women themselves have to
            This paper focuses on fieldwork undertaken in two districts of northern Kerala or what is 
            namely Malappuram and Kozhikode.


            Klíčová slova
            Kerala, pardha, Muslim women, gulf migration


            Článek v PDF ke stažení [ URL "LM-900-version1-abdelhalim.pdf"]


            Julten Abdelhalim [ URL "LM-90.html "]