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Autore |
Grace Daphne <1954-> |
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Titolo |
The woman in the muslin mask : veiling and identity in postcolonial literature / / Daphne Grace |
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London ; ; Sterling, Va., : Pluto Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-84964-491-8 |
1-281-72532-3 |
9786611725327 |
1-4356-6195-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Veils in literature |
Muslim women in literature |
Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism |
Postcolonialism in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-253) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Background to the Veil: History, Theory and Culture -- 2 Imagining Veiled Woman -- 3 Revealing and Re- veiling: Egypt -- 4 Piety and Patriarchy: The Arabian Peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean -- 5 Violence, Liberation and Resistance: North Africa -- 6 Subversion, Seduction and Shame: India -- 7 Conclusion: Liberating the Veil -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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