Veil : modesty, privacy and resistance / Fadwa El Guindi.
Veil : modesty, privacy and resistance / Fadwa El Guindi.
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Publisher
Oxford : Berg, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N391.0088/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx,242p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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...
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Publisher
Oxford : Berg, 1999.
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England
Date Published
1999.
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Full title
Veil : modesty, privacy and resistance / Fadwa El Guindi.
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Modesty, privacy and resistance.
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Author / Creator
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Dress, body, culture.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N391.0088/1
Record Identifier
74VvEa6N035A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvEa6N035A
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ISBN
1859739296(pbk.)
9781859739242(cased) :
1859739245(cased) :
9781859739297(pbk.) :
1859739296(pbk.) :
9781859739242 (cloth)
1859739245 (cloth)
9781859739297 (paper)
1859739296 (paper)
9781859739297(pbk.)
DDC
305.486971
391.2
391.430882971
MMS ID
991011648579702626
