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Ahmed, Leila.
Subjects
Hijab (Islamic clothing) -- Middle East.
Hijab (Islamic clothing) -- United States.
Veils -- Middle East.
Veils -- United States.
Muslim women -- Clothing -- Middle East.
Muslim women -- Clothing -- United States.
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A quiet revolution :...
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Ahmed, Leila.
Hijab (Islamic clothing) -- Middle East.
Hijab (Islamic clothing) -- United States.
Veils -- Middle East.
Veils -- United States.
Muslim women -- Clothing -- Middle East.
Muslim women -- Clothing -- United States.
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A quiet revolution : the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America / Leila Ahmed.
by
Ahmed, Leila.
Yale University Press, c2011.
Call #:
297.576 A286q
Subjects
Hijab
(
Islamic
clothing
)
--
Middle East.
Hijab
(
Islamic
clothing
)
--
United
States
.
Veils
--
Middle East.
Veils
--
United
States
.
Muslim women
--
Clothing
--
Middle East.
Muslim women
--
Clothing
--
United
States
.
ISBN:
9780300170955 (cloth : alk. paper)
0300170955
9780300181432 (paper ed.)
Description:
viii, 352 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-338) and index.
Contents:
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
--
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.
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