The woman in the muslin mask : veiling and identity in postcolonial literature / / Daphne Grace
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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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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Sterling, Va., : Pluto Press, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809/.933559 |
| Soggetto topico: | Veils in literature |
| Muslim women in literature | |
| Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| Postcolonialism in literature | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-253) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The woman in the muslin mask |
| ISBN: | 1-84964-491-8 |
| 1-281-72532-3 | |
| 9786611725327 | |
| 1-4356-6195-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816462303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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