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Veil : modesty, privacy, and resistance / Fadwa El Guindi.
Series: Dress, body, culturePublication details: Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Berg, c1999.Description: xx, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781859739297 (pbk.) :
- 1859739296 (pbk.) :
- GT2112 .E5 1999
- Also available as e-book, on-capmus through the library catalog for the AUD community only.
Contents:
pt. 1. Veiling in perspective. Introduction -- The veil in comparative tradition -- Ideological roots to ethnocentrism -- pt. 2. Dress, "libas" and "hijab". The anthropology of dress -- Sacred privacy -- The veil in social space -- The veil of masculinity -- The veil becomes a movement -- The sacred in the veil : hijab -- pt. 3. The resistance of the veil. Reactions to the new trend -- Contexts of resistance -- Veiling and feminism.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | GT 2112 .E5 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 600564 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and indexes.
pt. 1. Veiling in perspective. Introduction -- The veil in comparative tradition -- Ideological roots to ethnocentrism -- pt. 2. Dress, "libas" and "hijab". The anthropology of dress -- Sacred privacy -- The veil in social space -- The veil of masculinity -- The veil becomes a movement -- The sacred in the veil : hijab -- pt. 3. The resistance of the veil. Reactions to the new trend -- Contexts of resistance -- Veiling and feminism.
Also available as e-book, on-capmus through the library catalog for the AUD community only.
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