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The veil [[electronic resource] ] : women writers on its history, lore, and politics / / edited by Jennifer Heath
The veil [[electronic resource] ] : women writers on its history, lore, and politics / / edited by Jennifer Heath
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (361 p.)
Disciplina 391.4/1
Altri autori (Persone) HeathJennifer
Soggetto topico Veils - Social aspects
Veils - History
Veils in literature
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-282-77231-7
9786612772313
0-520-94160-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From Her Royal Body the Robe Was Removed: The Blessings of the Veil and the Trauma of Forced Unveilings in the Middle East -- 2. Shattered Vessels That Contain Divine Sparks: Unveiling Hasidic Women's Dress Code -- 3. Going the Whole Nine Yards: Vignettes of the Veil in India -- 4. Out of the Cloister: Unveiling to Better Serve the Gospel -- 5. The Amish Veil: Symbol of Separation and Community -- 6. "What is subordinated, dominates": Mourning, Magic, Masks, and Male Veiling -- 7. I Just Want to Be Me: Issues in Identity for One American Muslim Woman -- 8. "She freed and floated on the air": Salome and Her Dance of the Seven Veils -- 9. "He hath couerd my soule inwarde": Veiling in Medieval Europe and the Early Church -- 10. Nubo: The Wedding Veil -- 11. After Eden: The Veil as a Conduit to the Internal -- 12. Virtue and Sin: An Arab Christian Woman's Perspective -- 13. Drawing the Line at Modesty: My Place in the Order of Things -- 14. On the Road: Travels with My Hijab -- 15. Purdah, Patriarchy, and the Tropical Sun: Womanhood in India -- 16. The Veil: From Persepolis -- 17. Concealing and Revealing Female Hair: Veiling Dynamics in Contemporary Iran -- 18. That (Afghan) Girl! Ideology Unveiled in National Geographic -- 19. Burqas and Bikinis: Islamic Dress in Newspaper Cartoons -- 20. Dress Codes andModes: How Islamic Is the Veil? -- 21. From Veil to Veil: "What's in a woman's head is a lot more important than what's on it" -- Epilogue -- About the Contributors -- Index
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
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The veil : women writers on its history, lore, and politics / / edited by Jennifer Heath
The veil : women writers on its history, lore, and politics / / edited by Jennifer Heath
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (361 pages)
Disciplina 391.4/1
Altri autori (Persone) HeathJennifer
Soggetto topico Veils - Social aspects
Veils - History
Veils in literature
Soggetto non controllato american muslim women
amish veil
community
controversial
cultural studies
dress code
emotional
expression of the sacred
gender studies
gospel
groundbreaking
hasidic women
hijab
identity
india
islam
islamic dress
male veiling
medieval europe
middle east
modesty
mourning
muslim women
patriarchy
religious studies
sensual
separation
seven veils
sociopolitical
trauma
veil
veiling
wearing a veil
wedding veil
womanhood
women
ISBN 1-282-77231-7
9786612772313
0-520-94160-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From Her Royal Body the Robe Was Removed: The Blessings of the Veil and the Trauma of Forced Unveilings in the Middle East -- 2. Shattered Vessels That Contain Divine Sparks: Unveiling Hasidic Women's Dress Code -- 3. Going the Whole Nine Yards: Vignettes of the Veil in India -- 4. Out of the Cloister: Unveiling to Better Serve the Gospel -- 5. The Amish Veil: Symbol of Separation and Community -- 6. "What is subordinated, dominates": Mourning, Magic, Masks, and Male Veiling -- 7. I Just Want to Be Me: Issues in Identity for One American Muslim Woman -- 8. "She freed and floated on the air": Salome and Her Dance of the Seven Veils -- 9. "He hath couerd my soule inwarde": Veiling in Medieval Europe and the Early Church -- 10. Nubo: The Wedding Veil -- 11. After Eden: The Veil as a Conduit to the Internal -- 12. Virtue and Sin: An Arab Christian Woman's Perspective -- 13. Drawing the Line at Modesty: My Place in the Order of Things -- 14. On the Road: Travels with My Hijab -- 15. Purdah, Patriarchy, and the Tropical Sun: Womanhood in India -- 16. The Veil: From Persepolis -- 17. Concealing and Revealing Female Hair: Veiling Dynamics in Contemporary Iran -- 18. That (Afghan) Girl! Ideology Unveiled in National Geographic -- 19. Burqas and Bikinis: Islamic Dress in Newspaper Cartoons -- 20. Dress Codes andModes: How Islamic Is the Veil? -- 21. From Veil to Veil: "What's in a woman's head is a lot more important than what's on it" -- Epilogue -- About the Contributors -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778080603321
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The veil : women writers on its history, lore, and politics / / edited by Jennifer Heath
The veil : women writers on its history, lore, and politics / / edited by Jennifer Heath
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (361 pages)
Disciplina 391.4/1
Altri autori (Persone) HeathJennifer
Soggetto topico Veils - Social aspects
Veils - History
Veils in literature
ISBN 1-282-77231-7
9786612772313
0-520-94160-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From Her Royal Body the Robe Was Removed: The Blessings of the Veil and the Trauma of Forced Unveilings in the Middle East -- 2. Shattered Vessels That Contain Divine Sparks: Unveiling Hasidic Women's Dress Code -- 3. Going the Whole Nine Yards: Vignettes of the Veil in India -- 4. Out of the Cloister: Unveiling to Better Serve the Gospel -- 5. The Amish Veil: Symbol of Separation and Community -- 6. "What is subordinated, dominates": Mourning, Magic, Masks, and Male Veiling -- 7. I Just Want to Be Me: Issues in Identity for One American Muslim Woman -- 8. "She freed and floated on the air": Salome and Her Dance of the Seven Veils -- 9. "He hath couerd my soule inwarde": Veiling in Medieval Europe and the Early Church -- 10. Nubo: The Wedding Veil -- 11. After Eden: The Veil as a Conduit to the Internal -- 12. Virtue and Sin: An Arab Christian Woman's Perspective -- 13. Drawing the Line at Modesty: My Place in the Order of Things -- 14. On the Road: Travels with My Hijab -- 15. Purdah, Patriarchy, and the Tropical Sun: Womanhood in India -- 16. The Veil: From Persepolis -- 17. Concealing and Revealing Female Hair: Veiling Dynamics in Contemporary Iran -- 18. That (Afghan) Girl! Ideology Unveiled in National Geographic -- 19. Burqas and Bikinis: Islamic Dress in Newspaper Cartoons -- 20. Dress Codes andModes: How Islamic Is the Veil? -- 21. From Veil to Veil: "What's in a woman's head is a lot more important than what's on it" -- Epilogue -- About the Contributors -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910809274803321
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
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Veiled Figures : Women, Modernity, and the Spectres of Orientalism / / Teresa Heffernan
Veiled Figures : Women, Modernity, and the Spectres of Orientalism / / Teresa Heffernan
Autore Heffernan Teresa
Pubbl/distr/stampa Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina 809.933559
Soggetto topico Veils in literature
Veils - Social aspects
Veils - History
Muslim women in literature
Islamic literature - Christian interpretations
Voiles (Coiffures) dans la littérature
Voiles (Coiffures) - Aspect social
Voiles (Coiffures) - Histoire
Musulmanes dans la littérature
Voyage - Art d'écrire - Histoire et critique
Voyageuses - Moyen-Orient - Histoire
Soggetto genere / forma Libros electronicos.
ISBN 1-4426-2492-2
1-4426-2491-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Islam, the Enlightenment, and the veil -- The great whore of Babylon: cosmopolitanism and racialized nationalism -- Two western women venture east: Lady Annie Brassey and Anna Bowman Dodd -- The Great War and its aftermath: militarized citizens, (un)veiled bodies, and the nation -- The burqa and the bikini: veiling and unveiling at the turn of the twenty-first century.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910861073003321
Heffernan Teresa  
Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
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