What is veiling?
Examines the practice of veiling in Muslim culture, discussing its history, its religious, social, and political significance, and its importance to both conservative and progressive Muslim women as a symbol of commitment to their beliefs. --Publishers description.
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- Understanding veiling in Islamic sacred texts
- What do progressive Muslims say about veiling?
- Politics and sociocultural practices of veiling
- Veiling in Euro-American societies
- Veils, harems, and the mission to civilize
- Veiling in Western Europe today
- Veiling in the United States of America today
- Veiling in the world and words of women
- Veiling and feminism
- Islamic fashion, beauty pageants, and Muslim dolls
- Veiling through the arts.
