What is veiling? [electronic resource] / Sahar Amer.
Material type: TextSeries: Islamic civilization and Muslim networks | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.)ISBN:- 9781469619804
- 1469619806
- 297.5/76 23
- BP190.5.H44 A535 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Understanding veiling in Islamic sacred texts -- What do progressive Muslims say about veiling? -- Politics and sociocultural practices of veiling -- Veiling in Euro-American societies -- Veils, harems, and the mission to civilize -- Veiling in Western Europe today -- Veiling in the United States of America today -- Veiling in the world and words of women -- Veiling and feminism -- Islamic fashion, beauty pageants, and Muslim dolls -- Veiling through the arts.
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