| Title: | The prohibition of women's veiling in the Region of Gora |
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| Authors: | ID Đorđević Crnobrnja, Jadranka (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  ZRS Koper - Science and Research Centre Koper
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| Abstract: | This paper examines the application of the Act on the Removal of the Veil (Zarand Feredža) in the Gora region in the mid-20th century. Gora is a mountainous area located between the peaks of Šarplanina, Koritnik, and Korab. In administra-tive terms, it includes the borough of Dragaš and 18 villages. The Act on the Removal of the Veil came into effect in the people’s Republic of Serbia in 1951 and can be seen as an extremely radical step by the communist government. Its application involved the prohibition of wearing garments that Muslim women used to cover their heads and bodies. With this Act, two ideals of communist governance were promoted – the emancipation of women and the achievement of gender equality. According to the memories of the people from Gora, the Act had a very traumatic effect on many women in the Gorani commu-nity. It primarily disrupted the continuity of a centuries-old tradition of wearing headscarves and terlik, which also expressed the marital status of women within the Gorani community. This paper starts from the assumption that the ban on covering represents a strategy for promoting secular political ideologies, while highlighting the limita-tion of religious freedoms. The Act on the Removal of the Veil is analysed within the framework of a state-imposed process of secularization in the local community. |
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| Keywords: | act on the ban of wearing the vail, Muslims, Gora region, Gorani people, secularization |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 07.07.2025 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 115-140 |
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| Numbering: | Let. 30, št. 117/118 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-23219  |
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| UDC: | 2:94(497.1) |
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| ISSN on article: | 1318-8828 |
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| DOI: | 10.35469/poligrafi.2025.485 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 244984579 |
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| Copyright: | Copyright (c) 2025 Jadranka Đorđević Crnobrnja |
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 06.08.2025 |
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| Views: | 294 |
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