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Veil

Veil

by Fadwa El Guindi

ClothingCustoms and practicesIslamMuslim womenSocial aspects
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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.

Themes & subjects

ClothingCustoms and practicesIslamMuslim womenSocial aspectsSocial aspects of Veils

Author

Fadwa El Guindi

Pages

224

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

6

Language

English

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

ISBN

9781847888969

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