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Veil : modesty, privacy, and resistance / Fadwa El Guindi.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Dress, body, culturePublication details: Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Berg, c1999.Description: xx, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1859739245 (cloth)
  • 1859739296 (paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GT2112 .E5 1999
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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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GT1589.Z33 H36 2000 Salaula : GT1747 .063 MASQUES & DANSES GT1748.A35 H47 Facing the mask / GT2112 .E5 1999 Veil : GT2295.A35 S24 African hairstyles : GT2343 .M44 Body bizarre, body beautiful / GT2400 .D4 Black eros :

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.

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