| Titel: |
The Veil
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| Untertitel: |
Women Writers on Its History, Lore, and Politics
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| Volltext : |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547393
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| Verfasser: |
Heath, Jennifer
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| Erscheinungsort: |
Berkeley
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| Verlag: |
University of California Press
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| Erscheinungsjahr: |
2008
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| Umfang: |
1 online resource (361 pages)
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| Fußnote: |
Print version record
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| Andere Ausgabe: |
Erscheint auch als
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| _Verfasser/Institution: |
Heath, Jennifer
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| _Titel: |
Veil : Women Writers on Its History, Lore, and Politics
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| _Bemerkung: |
Druck-Ausgabe
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List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction JENNIFER HEATH; PART ONE; 1. From Her Royal Body the Robe Was Removed: The Blessings of the Veil and the Trauma of Forced Unveilings in the Middle East MOHJA KAHF; 2. Shattered Vessels That Contain Divine Sparks: Unveiling Hasidic Women's Dress Code BARBARA GOLDMAN CARREL; 3. Going the Whole Nine Yards: Vignettes of the Veil in India ROXANNE KAMAYANI GUPTA; 4. Out of the Cloister: Unveiling to Better Serve the Gospel LAURENE M. LAFONTAINE; 5. The Amish Veil: Symbol of Separation and Community JANA M. HAWLEY.
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6. "What is subordinated, dominates": Mourning, Magic, Masks, and Male Veiling JENNIFER HEATH7. I Just Want to Be Me: Issues in Identity for One American Muslim Woman PAMELA K. TAYLOR; PART TWO; 8. "She freed and floated on the air": Salome and Her Dance of the Seven Veils SHIREEN MALIK; 9. "He hath couerd my soule inwarde": Veiling in Medieval Europe and the Early Church DÉSIRÉE G. KOSLIN; 10. Nubo: The Wedding Veil SARAH C. BELL; 11. After Eden: The Veil as a Conduit to the Internal EVE GRUBIN; 12. Virtue and Sin: An Arab Christian Woman's Perspective RITA STEPHAN.
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13. Drawing the Line at Modesty: My Place in the Order of Things MICHELLE AUERBACH14. On the Road: Travels with My Hijab MALIHA MASOOD; PART THREE; 15. Purdah, Patriarchy, and the Tropical Sun: Womanhood in India JASBIR JAIN; 16. The Veil: From Persepolis MARJANE SATRAPI; 17. Concealing and Revealing Female Hair: Veiling Dynamics in Contemporary Iran ASHRAF ZAHEDI; 18. That (Afghan) Girl! Ideology Unveiled in National Geographic DINAH ZEIGER; 19. Burqas and Bikinis: Islamic Dress in Newspaper Cartoons KECIA ALI; 20. Dress Codes and Modes: How Islamic Is the Veil? AISHA LEE FOX SHAHEED.
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21. From Veil to Veil: "What's in a woman's head is a lot more important than what's on it" SHERIFA ZUHUREpilogue; About the Contributors; Index
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Veiling is a globally polarizing issue, a locus for the struggle between Islam and the West and between contemporary and traditional interpretations of Islam. This book examines the vastly misunderstood and multi-layered world of the veil. It explores and analyzes the cultures, politics, and histories of veiling
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| ISBN: |
9780520941601
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| ISBN: |
0520941608
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| Preis/Einband: |
electronic bk. electronic bk.
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| B3Kat-ID: |
BV043032620
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| Subject: |
Veils Social aspects Veils History Veils in literature
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| Sprache: |
Englisch
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