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
Author
Leila AhmedPublisher
Yale University PressEdition 1
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شناسنامه
Title and Author
A quiet revolution: the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America / Leila AhmedPublication Details
نیوهیون : Yale University Press، 2011مPhysical Description
viii, 352 p.; 25 cm.Subject
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
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 703-833( and index.
Contents
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