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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Fadwa EL Guindi |
ISBN: | 1859739245 9781859739242 1859739296 9781859739297 |
OCLC Number: | 491013959 |
Description: | 1 v. (xx-242 p.) : illustrations, couv. illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | pt. 1. Veiling in perspective. 1. Introduction -- 2. The veil in comparative tradition -- 3. Ideological roots to ethnocentrism -- pt. 2. Dress, "libas" and "hijab". 4. The anthropology of dress -- 5. Sacred privacy -- 6. The veil in social space -- 7. The veil of masculinity -- 8. The veil becomes a movement -- 9. The sacred in the veil : hijab -- pt. 3. The resistance of the veil. 10. Reactions to the new trend -- 11. Contexts of resistance -- 12. Veiling and feminism. |
Series Title: | Dress, body, culture. |
Other Titles: | Modesty, privacy and resistance. |
Responsibility: | Fadwa El Guindi. |
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