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" Veil : "
Fadwa El Guindi.
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BL
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| Record Number
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564094
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b393409
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| Language of Document
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English
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| Main Entry
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El Guindi, Fadwa.
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| Title & Author
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Veil : : modesty, privacy, and resistance /\ Fadwa El Guindi.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford, UK ;New York, NY :: Berg,, c1999.
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| Series Statement
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Dress, body, culture,
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| Page. NO
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xx, 242 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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1859739245 (cloth)
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: 9780585436623
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: 1859739296 (paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and indexes.
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| Contents
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pt. 1. Veiling in perspective. Introduction -- The veil in comparative tradition -- Ideological roots to ethnocentrism -- pt. 2. Dress, "libas" and "hijab". The anthropology of dress -- Sacred privacy -- The veil in social space -- The veil of masculinity -- The veil becomes a movement -- The sacred in the veil : hijab -- pt. 3. The resistance of the veil. Reactions to the new trend -- Contexts of resistance -- Veiling and feminism.
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| Subject
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Veils-- Social aspects.
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Islam-- Customs and practices.
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Muslim women-- Clothing.
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| LC Classification
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GT2112.E5 1999
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