Umfang:
XIV, 346 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
9780520250406
,
9780520255180
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Copyright: 2008
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Introduction
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From her royal body the robe was removed : the blessings of the veil and the trauma of forced unveilings in the Middle East
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Shattered vessels that contain sparks of the divine : unveiling Hasidic women's dress code
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Going the whole nine yards : vignettes of the veil in India
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Out of the cloister : unveiling to better serve the Gospel
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The Amish veil : symbol of separation and community
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"What is subordinated, dominates" : mourning, magic, masks, and male veiling
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I just want to be me : issues in identity for one American Muslim woman
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"She freed and floated on the air" : Salome and her dance of the seven veils
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"He hath couerd my soule inwarde and myn heed with a veyle" : veiling in medieval Europe and the early church
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Nubo : the wedding veil
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After Eden : the veil as a conduit to the internal
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Virtue and sin : an Arab Christian woman's perspective
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Drawing the line at modesty : my place in the order of things
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On the road : travels with my hijab
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Purdah, patriarchy, and the tropical sun : womanhood in India
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The veil : from Persepolis
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Concealing and revealing female hair : veiling dynamics in contemporary Iran
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That (Afghan) girl! : ideology unveiled in National geographic
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Burqa and bikinis : Islamic dress in newspaper cartoons
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Lampooning the veil from home ; Dress codes and modes : how Islamic is the veil?
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From veil to veil : "what's in a woman's head is more important than what's on it"
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Epilogue
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Theologie/Religionswissenschaften
,
Soziologie
Schlagwort(e):
Judentum
;
Christentum
;
Islam
;
Frau
;
Schleier
;
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