Veil : modesty, privacy and resistance
Guindi, Fadwa El1999
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Total copies: 1
Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the Arab East, this book challenges the European dichotomy of space into public & private, & morality into honour & shame, & shows how the notions have been mistakenly applied to Arab women's use of the veil.
Main title:
Veil : modesty, privacy and resistance / Fadwa El Guindi.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Berg, 1999.
Collation:
xx, 242p. : ill., facsims., port. ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and index.
ISBN:
9781859739297 (pbk)1859739296 (pbk)9781859739242 (hbk)1859739245 (hbk)
Dewey class:
391.4'3'088'2971391.4308
LC class:
GT2112
Language:
English
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BRN:
60643