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dc.contributor.advisorFoulkes, Matthew Walton, 1971-eng
dc.contributor.authorRichter, Courtneyeng
dc.coverage.spatialMissouri -- Columbiaeng
dc.date.issued2014eng
dc.date.submitted2014 Springeng
dc.description"May 2014."eng
dc.descriptionThesis Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Foulkes.eng
dc.description.abstractResearch on fear of crime and on intersectionality have both been growing within geography in recent decades. To explore the geography of fear as it pertains to the intersecting social identities of gender and religion, Muslim women in the United States are a unique group for study . Muslim women are easily identifiable as members of a minority group because their religious coverings, such as the hijab. This study uses in-depth interviews, sketch maps, and photovoice to explore women's geographies of perceived safety in Columbia, Missouri, and the factors that affect these perceptions. It focuses on the experiences of Muslim women with and without the hijab. The findings show that women's general perceptions of safety were highly influenced by environmental factors, social contact, and secondhand accounts. These general factors affecting perceived safety confirmed the results of previous studies on women's fear. Geographies of perceived safety were unique for Muslim women with a hijab. Their perceptions were influenced greatly by stereotyping, discrimination, and street harassment. The experiences of women who wear a hijab were unique in that they described experiencing less sexual harassment than their peers without a hijab, but much more religiously-focused harassment, and more street harassment overall.eng
dc.description.bibrefIncludes bibliographical references (pages 115-118).eng
dc.format.extent1 online resource (vii, 118 pages) : color illustrations, color mapeng
dc.identifier.merlinb106845469eng
dc.identifier.oclc898725133eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/44320
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/44320eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations. These. 2014 Theses. 2014 Freely available theseseng
dc.subjectAuthor supplied: women, Muslim, photovoice, intersectionality, fear and safetyeng
dc.subject.lcshMuslim women -- Attitudeseng
dc.subject.lcshMuslim women -- Clothingeng
dc.titleVisualizing geographies of perceived safety : an exploration of Muslim women's experiences in public spaceeng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineGeography (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelMasterseng
thesis.degree.nameM.A.eng


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