A quiet revolution: the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America
Leila Ahmed
A quiet revolution: the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America
المؤلف
Leila Ahmedالناشر
Yale University Pressطبع 1
قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
A quiet revolution: the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America / Leila Ahmedبيانات النشر
نیوهیون : Yale University Press، 2011مالمواصفات الشكلية
viii, 352 p.; 25 cm.الموضوع
Hijab (Islamic clothing) -- Middle EastHijab (Islamic clothing) -- United States
Veils -- Middle East
Veils -- United States
Muslim women -- Middle East Clothing
Muslim women -- United States Clothing
اللغة
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 703-833( and index.
المحتويات
The islamic resurgence and the veil: from emergence to migration. Unveiling -- The veil's vanishing past -- The 1970s: seeds of the resurgence -- The new veil: converging influences -- The 1980s: exploring women's motivations -- Islamist connections -- Migrations -- The 1990s: a changing climate in America -- After 9/11: new pathways in America. Prologue -- Backlash: the veil, the burkah, and the clamor of war -- Isna and the women of isna -- American Muslim women's activism in the twenty-first century