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Title:

Veiling in Africa / edited by Elisha P. Renne.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

238 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (come col.) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Hijab (Islamic clothing)--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Veils--Social aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Muslim women--Clothing--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Muslim women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions--21st century.

Other Authors:

Renne, Elisha P.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Vulnerability unveiled: Lubna's pants and humanitarian visibility on the verge of Sudan's secession / Amal Hassan Fadlalla. Part 3. Veiling/counter-veiling -- Veiling, fashion, and social mobility: a century of change in Zanzibar / Laura Fair -- Veiling without veils: modesty and reserve in Tuareg cultural encounters / Susan J. Rasmussen -- Intertwined veiling histories in Nigeria / Elisha P. Renne -- Part 2. Veiling and fashion -- Religious modesty, fashionable glamour, and cultural text: veiling in Senegal / Leslie W. Rabine -- Modest bodies, stylish selves: fashioning virtue in Niger / Adeline Masquelier -- "Should a good Muslim cover her face?" Pilgrimage, veiling, and fundamentalisms in Cameroon / José C. M. van Santen -- Part 3. Veiling/counter-veiling -- Invoking hijab: the power politics of spaces and employment in Nigeria / Hauwa Mahdi -- "We grew up free but here we have to cover our faces": veiling among Oromo refugees in Eastleigh, Kenya / Peri M. Klemm -- Vulnerability unveiled: Lubna's pants and humanitarian visibility on the verge of Sudan's secession / Amal Hassan Fadlalla.

Series:

African expressive cultures

ISBN:

025300828X (e-book)
9780253008282 (e-book)
0253008204 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780253008206 (pbk. : alk. paper)
025300814X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253008145 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)783167568

LCCN:

2012049581

Locations:

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)