A quiet revolution : the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America / Leila Ahmed.
2011
297.576 A286q 2011
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Title
A quiet revolution : the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America / Leila Ahmed.
Author
ISBN
0300170955
9780300170955 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300181432 (pbk.)
0300181434 (pbk.)
9780300170955 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300181432 (pbk.)
0300181434 (pbk.)
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
viii, 352 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
297.576 A286q 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)670481392
(OCoLC)670481392
(OCoLC)670481392
Summary
Chronicles Islamic women's use of the veil, an article of clothing that fell out of use in the 1940s, but now is worn by most Muslim women and has sparked debate around the world.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-338) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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 burka, and the clamor of war
ISNA and the women of ISNA
American Muslim women's activism in the twenty-first century.
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 burka, 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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