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Veil, modesty, privacy, and resistance, Fadwa El Guindi

Label
Veil, modesty, privacy, and resistance, Fadwa El Guindi
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and indexes
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Veil
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
51454226
Responsibility statement
Fadwa El Guindi
Series statement
Dress, body, culture,, 1360-466X
Sub title
modesty, privacy, and resistance
Summary
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
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