What is veiling? / Sahar Amer.
By: Amer, Sahar.
Series: Islamic civilization and Muslim networks.Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, ©2014Description: xii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781469617756 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Hijab (Islamic clothing) | Veils -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Muslim women -- ClothingGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | BP190.5.H44 A535 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000007219 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) 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.