TY  - BOOK
AU  - El Guindi,Fadwa
TI  - Veil: modesty, privacy and resistance 
T2  - Dress, body, culture
SN  - 9781847888969 (ebook) :
U1  - 391.43088297 22
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Berg
KW  - Veils
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Islamic countries
KW  - Muslim women
KW  - Clothing
KW  - Islam
KW  - Customs and practices
KW  - Psychological aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Electronic reproduction; Oxford; Berg; 2010; (Berg fashion library); Mode of access: World Wide Web; Access restricted to institutions subscribing through Oxford University Press
N2  - 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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ER  -