A quiet revolution: the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America
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 c...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, Conn. [u.a.]
Yale Univ. Press
c2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Mittlerer Osten
/ Muslim woman
/ Clothing
/ Head covering
/ Veil
/ Islam
/ Veil (Motif)
B Islamic countries |
| Further subjects: | B
Hijab (Islamic clothing) (United States)
B Hijab (Islamic clothing) Middle East B Muslim Women Clothing (Middle East) B Muslim Women Clothing (United States) B Hijab (Islamic clothing) United States B Muslim women Clothing United States B Veils (United States) B Muslim women Clothing Middle East B Hijab (Islamic clothing) (Middle East) B Veils (Middle East) B Islamic fundamentalism History 21st century B Bibliography |
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| Summary: | 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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| ISBN: | 0300181434 |