Veil : modesty, privacy and resistance / Fadwa El Guindi.
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TextSeries: Dress, body, culturePublication details: Oxford : Berg, 1999Description: xx, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781847888969 (ebook) :; 1847888968 (ebook) :Subject(s): Veils -- Social aspects -- Islamic countries | Muslim women -- Clothing | Islam -- Customs and practices | Veils -- Psychological aspectsAdditional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 391.43088297 Online access: Click here to access online Summary: Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the Arab East, this book challenges the European dichotomy of space into public & private, & morality into honour & shame, & shows how the notions have been mistakenly applied to Arab women's use of the veil.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the Arab East, this book challenges the European dichotomy of space into public & private, & morality into honour & shame, & shows how the notions have been mistakenly applied to Arab women's use of the veil.
Electronic reproduction. Oxford : Berg, 2010. (Berg fashion library) Mode of access: World Wide Web. Access restricted to institutions subscribing through Oxford University Press.
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