Veil : modesty, privacy and resistance / Fadwa El Guindi.
| Author/creator | El Guindi, Fadwa |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Berg, ©1999. |
| Description | xx, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Modesty, privacy and resistance |
| Series | Dress, 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and indexes. |
| ISBN | 1859739245 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 1859739296 (paper) |