Pious fashion : how Muslim women dress / Elizabeth Bucar.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: ix, 235 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780674976160Subject(s): Muslim women -- Clothing -- Iran -- Tehran | Muslim women -- Clothing -- Turkey -- Istanbul | Muslim women -- Clothing -- Indonesia -- Yogyakarta | Muslim women -- Iran -- Tehran -- Conduct of life | Muslim women -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- Conduct of life | Muslim women -- Indonesia -- Yogyakarta -- Conduct of life | Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- AsiaDDC classification: 297.576 LOC classification: BP190.5.C6 | B84 2017
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Summary: For many westerners, the veil is the ultimate sign of women's oppression. But Elizabeth Bucar's take on Muslim women's clothing is a far cry from this attitude. She invites readers to join her in three Muslim-majority nations as she surveys pious fashion from head to toe and shows how Muslim women approach the question "What to wear?" with style.-- Provided by publisher.
Introduction Hijab in Tehran Jilbab in Yogyakarta Tesettür in Istanbul Pious fashion across cultures Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221) and index.
Introduction Hijab in Tehran Jilbab in Yogyakarta Tesettür in Istanbul Pious fashion across cultures Epilogue.
For many westerners, the veil is the ultimate sign of women's oppression. But Elizabeth Bucar's take on Muslim women's clothing is a far cry from this attitude. She invites readers to join her in three Muslim-majority nations as she surveys pious fashion from head to toe and shows how Muslim women approach the question "What to wear?" with style.-- Provided by publisher.
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