CLASSIC MEN: MUSLIM DANDIES AND THE WAR ON TERROR

This talk examines the creative sartorial practices of American Muslim men, and particularly Black Muslim men, who are increasingly using the aesthetic of Black Dandyism to signify on white supremacy as well as on ethno-religious hegemonies within US Muslim communities. It investigates particularly how in the age of US empire and the war on terror, Muslim dandyism redefines US American Muslim masculinity, thereby confronting the intersecting hegemonies of race, class, gender, religion, and nation.