Good Hijab's guest appearances

Good Hijab

Religion and Culture in Dialogue

Karen Armstrong

Tracy K. Smith

Timothy Shriver

Pankaj Mishra

Joshua Foer

Jonathan Franzen

Paul Elie

Jim Wallis

Alice McDermott

Elizabeth Bucar

Katherine Marshall

OwlTail

March 13 2007 | Dr. Elizabeth Bucar, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, discussed how two distinct cases of public hijabi practices can teach us about the productive power of the veil. Bucar explored the function of the veil in shifting Iranian political and ethical norms. Her presentation featured images from her fieldwork in Iran in 2004.

Good Hijab, Bad Hijab with Elizabeth Bucar