A quiet revolution : the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America / Leila Ahmed.

Author/creator Ahmed, Leila
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionviii, 352 pages ; 25 cm
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Contents The Islamic resurgence and the veil: from emergence to migration. Unveiling -- The veil's vanishing past -- The 1970s: seeds of the resurgence -- The new veil: converging influences -- The 1980s: exploring women's motivations -- Islamist connections -- Migrations -- The 1990s: a changing climate in America -- After 9/11: new pathways in America. Prologue -- Backlash: the veil, the burka, and the clamor of war -- ISNA and the women of ISNA -- American Muslim women's activism in the twenty-first century.
Abstract Chronicles Islamic women's use of the veil, an article of clothing that fell out of use in the 1940s, but now is worn by most Muslim women and has sparked debate around the world.
Local noteLittle-357489--305131062355Y
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 307-338) and index.
LCCN 2010049535
ISBN9780300170955 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0300170955
ISBN9780300181432 (pbk.)
ISBN0300181434 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks BP190.5.H44 A46 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold