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

Author/creator El Guindi, Fadwa
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford, UK ; New York, NY : Berg, ©1999.
Descriptionxx, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

Portion of title Modesty, privacy and resistance
SeriesDress, body, culture, 1360-466X
Dress, body, culture. ^A398220
Contents pt. 1. Veiling in perspective. 1. Introduction -- 2. The veil in comparative tradition -- 3. Ideological roots to ethnocentrism -- pt. 2. Dress, "libas" and "hijab". 4. The anthropology of dress -- 5. Sacred privacy -- 6. The veil in social space -- 7. The veil of masculinity -- 8. The veil becomes a movement -- 9. The sacred in the veil : hijab -- pt. 3. The resistance of the veil. 10. Reactions to the new trend -- 11. Contexts of resistance -- 12. Veiling and feminism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and indexes.
ISBN1859739245 (cloth)
ISBN1859739296 (paper)