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What is veiling?
Author
Title
What is veiling? / Sahar Amer.
ISBN
9781469617756 (cloth : alk. paper)
1469617757 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781469617763 (ebook)
1469617765 (ebook)
Publication
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Physical Description
xii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 22, 2014
Series
Islamic civilization and Muslim networks
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Understanding veiling in Islamic sacred texts
What do progressive Muslims say about veiling?
Politics and sociocultural practices of veiling
Veiling in Euro-American societies
Veils, harems, and the mission to civilize
Veiling in Western Europe today
Veiling in the United States of America today
Veiling in the world and words of women
Veiling and feminism
Islamic fashion, beauty pageants, and Muslim dolls
Veiling through the arts.
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