Post-postmodernity and South Asian Muslim women’s fashion (original) (raw)

and transfer of religious identity and cultural traditions across generations. Additionally, considering the chapter limitation, I use South Asia to refer to India and Pakistan only. I choose these countries because centuries-old shared history between both countries makes their fashion, culture and arts similar in more ways than not. Though there has been a wide adoption and appropriation of Hindu cultural and religious rituals and objects, development of Muslim fashion has not gained much attention. Hence, this chapter will enable cross-cultural fashion connections as well as enhance readers' comprehension of post-postmodern Muslim women's identity as expressed through fashion choices. Readers might fi nd it ironic that I, in this chapter, deploy Western theories to discuss the ramifi cations of Muslim women's fashion and representation of their religio-political and sociocultural identities via fashion. This irony highlights the signifi cance of the discussion of non-Western subjects by a non-Western subject on a global platform in this chapter. It also displays the increasing post-postmodern impossibility of drawing hard lines between different cultural and religious factors.