What Is Veiling?

Bibliographic Data

ID23212650
AuthorsSahar Amer (corresponding author)
Year2014
Publication date2014-09-15
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueWhat Is Veiling (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5149/northcarolina/9781469617756.001.0001
OpenAlexW4251809341
ISBN9781469617756
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Ranging from simple head scarf to full-body burqa, the veil is worn by vast numbers of Islamic women around the world. This book explains one of the most visible, controversial, and least understood emblems of Islam, incisively highlighting the rich, complex meanings of Muslim women's veiling practices today. This book addresses the role and significance of veiling in the religious, cultural, political, and social lives of Muslims, past and present. Introducing all the major aspects of veiling—including history, religion, conservative and progressive interpretations, politics and regionality, society and economics, feminism, fashion, and art—this book highlights the true multiplicity of meanings of veiling practices. It shows that the realities of veiling cannot be homogenized or oversimplified and extend well beyond the religious and political accounts that are overwhelmingly proclaimed both inside and outside Muslim-majority societies.

Aesthetics · Art · Emblem · Feminism · Islam · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts

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