An edition of The Veil
(2008)
The veil
women writers on its history, lore, and politics
by Jennifer Heath
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Social aspects, Veils in literature, Veils, History, HEALTH & FITNESS, Beauty & Grooming, General, HISTORY, Slöjor, Voiles (Coiffures) dans la littérature, Soziales, Aspect social, Vrouwen, Sociala aspekter, Politik, Slöjor i litteraturen, Schleier, Motiv (Literatur), Sluiers, Voiles (Coiffures), Christentum, Histoire, Judentum, Kulturer, Historia, Frau, Litteraturvetenskap, Culturele aspecten, IslamShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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The Veil: Women Writers on Its History, Lore, and Politics
June 16, 2008, University of California Press
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The Veil: Women Writers on Its History, Lore, and Politics
June 16, 2008, University of California Press
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Table of Contents
Introduction / Jennifer Heath
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
Shattered vessels that contain sparks of the divine : unveiling Hasidic women's dress code / Barbara Goldman Carrel
Going the whole nine yards : vignettes of the veil in India / Roxanne Kamayani Gupta
Out of the cloister : unveiling to better serve the Gospel / Laurene M. Lafontaine
The Amish veil : symbol of separation and community / Jana M. Hawley
"What is subordinated, dominates" : mourning, magic, masks, and male veiling / Jennifer Heath
I just want to be me : issues in identity for one American Muslim woman / Pamela K. Taylor
"She freed and floated on the air" : Salome and her dance of the seven veils / Shireen Malik
"He hath couerd my soule inwarde and myn heed with a veyle" : veiling in medieval Europe and the early church / Désirée G. Koslin
Nubo : the wedding veil / Sarah C. Bell
After Eden : the veil as a conduit to the internal / Eve Grubin
Virtue and sin : an Arab Christian woman's perspective / Rita Stephan
Drawing the line at modesty : my place in the order of things / Michelle Auerbach
On the road : travels with my hijab / Maliha Masood
Purdah, patriarchy, and the tropical sun : womanhood in India / Jasbir Jain
The veil : from Persepolis / Marjane Satrapi
Concealing and revealing female hair : veiling dynamics in contemporary Iran / Ashraf Zahedi
That (Afghan) girl! : ideology unveiled in National geographic / Dinah Zeiger
Burqas and bikinis : Islamic dress in newspaper cartoons / Kecia Ali
Dress codes and modes : how Islamic is the veil? / Aisha Lee Fox Shaheed
From veil to veil : "what's in a woman's head is a lot more important than what's on it" / Sherifa Zuhur
Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| July 31, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | associate edition with work OL2256776W |
| August 18, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
| April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
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| October 25, 2008 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from Library of Congress MARC record |