The woman in the muslin mask : veiling and identity in postcolonial literature /

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Western feminists have in the past singled out the veiling of women as a potent symbol of women's oppression under Islam. Daphne Grace explores the far more complex and contested role of veiling over the last 120 years. Looking at the ways in which the veil is used in literature, and its repres...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grace, Daphne, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2004.
Temas:
1900-1999
Veils in literature.
Muslim women in literature.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Voiles (Coiffures) dans la littérature.
Musulmanes dans la littérature.
Littérature > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Literature, Modern
Muslim women in literature
Postcolonialism in literature
Veils in literature
Schleier > Motiv
Postkoloniale Literatur
Muslimin
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Background to the veil: history, theory and culture
  • 2. Imagining veiled woman
  • 3. Revealing and re-veiling: Egypt
  • 4. Piety and patriarchy: the Arabian Peninsular and the Eastern Mediterranean
  • 5. Violence, liberation and resistance: North Africa
  • 6. Subversion, seduction and shame: India
  • 7. Conclusion: liberating the veil.

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