A quiet revolution : the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America /

Main Author: Ahmed, Leila.
Format: Book
Language: English
Call Number: BP190.5.H44 A46 2011
Institution: Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak
Library: Main Library
Record Id / ISBN-0: ppap.52577 / 9780300170955 (cloth : alk. paper)
Online Public Access Catalog: Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.
Subjects:
Hijab (Islamic clothing) > Middle East.
Hijab (Islamic clothing) > United States.
Veils > Middle East.
Veils > United States.
Muslim women > Clothing > Middle East.
Muslim women > Clothing > United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • The islamic resurgence and the veil: from emergence to migration. Unveiling
  • The veil's vanishing past
  • The 1970s: seeds of the resurgence
  • The new veil: converging influences
  • The 1980s: exploring women's motivations
  • Islamist connections
  • Migrations
  • The 1990s: a changing climate in America
  • After 9/11: new pathways in America. Prologue
  • Backlash: the veil, the burkah, and the clamor of war
  • Isna and the women of isna
  • American Muslim women's activism in the twenty-first century.

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