El Guindi, Fadwa.

Veil : modesty, privacy and resistance / Fadwa El Guindi. - Oxford : Berg, 1999. - xx, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Dress, body, culture . - Dress, body, culture. .

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.
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Veils--Social aspects--Islamic countries.
Muslim women--Clothing.
Islam--Customs and practices.
Veils--Psychological aspects.

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