Veiling in Africa

Acknowledgments Introduction: Veiling/Counter-Veiling in sub-Saharan Africa Elisha Renne Part I. Veiling Histories & Modernities 1. Veiling, Fashion and Social Mobility: A Century of Change in Zanzibar Laura Fair 2. Veiling Without Veils: Modesty and Reserve in Tuareg Cultural Encounters Susan Rasmussen 3. Interwined Veiling Histories in Nigeria Elisha Renne Part II. Veiling & Fashion 4. Religious Modesty, Fashionable Glamour, and Cultural Text: Veiling in Senegal Leslie Rabine 5. Modest Bodies, Stylish Selves: Fashioning Virtue in Niger Adeline Masquelier 6. Should a Good Muslim Cover Her Face? Pilgrimage, Veiling, and Fundamentalisms in Cameroon Jose C. M. van Santen Part III. Veiling/Counter-Veiling 7. Invoking Hijab: The Power Politics of Spaces and Employment in Nigeria Hauwa Mahdi 8. Grew Up Free but Here We Have to Cover Our Faces: Veiling among Oromo Refugees in Eastleigh, Kenya Peri M. Klemm 9. Vulnerability Unveiled: Lubna's Pants and Humanitarian Visibility on the Verge of Sudan's Secession Amal Hassan Fadlalla List of Contributors Index

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Face (sociological concept · Islam · Pilgrimage · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Africa · Clothing · Hijab (Islamic clothing) · Muslim women · Social aspects · Social conditions · Social life and customs · Veils · Women