Veil modesty, privacy, and resistance / Fadwa El Guindi.
| Author/creator | El Guindi, Fadwa |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Berg, |
| Description | xx, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Dress, body, culture, 1360-466X |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 00687589 |
| ISBN | 1859739245 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 1859739296 (paper) |