Veil / Rafia Zakaria.
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TextSeries: Object lessonsPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017Description: 120 pages ; 17 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501322778 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Veils | Veils -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Veils -- Social aspects | Religion | ReligionDDC classification: 297.5'76 Summary: Can the veil be an instrument of feminist empowerment? Does veiled anonymity confer a degree of power to women? Starting from her own marriage ceremony at which she first wore a full veil, Rafia Zakaria explores how the physical reality of the veil as an object is catalyzed by the context of the wearer to produce new and unexpected meanings. Part memoir and part philosophical investigation, 'Veil' unravels modernist assumptions that the seen is automatically the good and the free, while the veiled represents servility and subterfuge. Taking readers through personal encounters with the veil varying from France where it is banned to Iran where it is forced, Zakaria reveals how the veil's reputation as a pre-modern relic is being reconfigured to contest accepted ideas of meaning and morality.
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| 297.122 KOR Koran : Holy Quran ; English translation / | 297.576 ALM Veiling in fashion : space and the hijab in minority communities / | 297.576 BUC Pious fashion : how Muslim women dress / | 297.576 ZAK Veil / | 297.72 MAH Salafi-Jihadism : the history of an idea / | 297.72 MAH Salafi-Jihadism : the history of an idea / | 297.72 MAH Salafi-Jihadism : the history of an idea / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Can the veil be an instrument of feminist empowerment? Does veiled anonymity confer a degree of power to women? Starting from her own marriage ceremony at which she first wore a full veil, Rafia Zakaria explores how the physical reality of the veil as an object is catalyzed by the context of the wearer to produce new and unexpected meanings. Part memoir and part philosophical investigation, 'Veil' unravels modernist assumptions that the seen is automatically the good and the free, while the veiled represents servility and subterfuge. Taking readers through personal encounters with the veil varying from France where it is banned to Iran where it is forced, Zakaria reveals how the veil's reputation as a pre-modern relic is being reconfigured to contest accepted ideas of meaning and morality.
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