Veil : modesty, privacy, and resistance / Fadwa El Guindi.
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TextSeries: Dress, body, culturePublication details: Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Berg, c1999Description: xx, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 1859739245 (cloth); 1859739296 (paper)Subject(s): Veils -- Social aspects | Islam -- Customs and practices | Muslim women -- ClothingLOC classification: GT2112 | .E5 1999
Contents:
pt. 1. Veiling in perspective. Introduction The veil in comparative tradition Ideological roots to ethnocentrism pt. 2. Dress, "libas" and "hijab". The anthropology of dress Sacred privacy The veil in social space The veil of masculinity The veil becomes a movement The sacred in the veil : hijab pt. 3. The resistance of the veil. Reactions to the new trend Contexts of resistance Veiling and feminism.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and indexes.
pt. 1. Veiling in perspective. Introduction The veil in comparative tradition Ideological roots to ethnocentrism pt. 2. Dress, "libas" and "hijab". The anthropology of dress Sacred privacy The veil in social space The veil of masculinity The veil becomes a movement The sacred in the veil : hijab pt. 3. The resistance of the veil. Reactions to the new trend Contexts of resistance Veiling and feminism.
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