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

Author/creator Ahmed, Leila
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press,
Descriptionviii, 352 p. ; 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 burkah, and the clamor of war -- Isna and the women of isna -- American Muslim women's activism in the twenty-first century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 307-338) and index.
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LCCN 2010049535
ISBN9780300170955 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0300170955
ISBN9780300181432 (pbk.)