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Veiling in Africa /
The tradition of the veil, which refers to various cloth coverings of the head, face, and body, has been little studied in Africa, where Islam has been present for more than a thousand years. These essays raise questions about what is distinctive about veiling in Africa, what religious histories or...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | African expressive cultures.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : veiling/counter-veiling in Sub-Saharan Africa / Elisha P. Renne
- Part 1. Veiling histories and modernities. 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.