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Akshra Mehla, Assistant Professor of Law at 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Law School, MAHE, Bengaluru published in the?Journal of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Women's Studies (Scopus-Indexed Journal).?The journal is an open-access journal, and the paper can be found on?https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol26/iss5/5/

Prof.?Akshra argues that beauty salons are complex spaces for women, simultaneously reinforcing patriarchal beauty standards and offering opportunities for social interaction and resistance. While they can promote financial independence, they also uphold capitalist and patriarchal systems. However, they are not solely oppressive; instances of resistance emerge within these spaces, making them both sites of liberation and constraint. Rather, the space of the beauty parlor can be located at a crossroad, which is best captured by Islamic feminism.

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