Veiled Figures : Women, Modernity, and the Spectres of Orientalism /

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"In Veiled Figures, Teresa Heffernan explores how the clash of civilizations is perpetuated by the rhetoric of veiling and unveiling. Drawing on travel narratives, harem literature, and other stories, Heffernan argues that women's bodies have been used to exacerbate the divide between reli...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Heffernan, Teresa, 1962- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto : University Of Toronto Press, [2016]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Veils > Social aspects.
Veils in literature.
Veils.
Muslim women in literature.
Islamic literature > Christian interpretations.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Subjects & Themes > General.
Litterature islamique > Interpretations chretiennes.
Voyageuses > Moyen-Orient > Histoire.
Voyage > Art d'ecrire > Histoire et critique.
Musulmanes dans la litterature.
Voiles (Coiffures) > Histoire.
Voiles (Coiffures) > Aspect social.
Voiles (Coiffures) dans la litterature.
Women travelers > Middle East > History.
Travel writing > History and criticism.
Veils > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Islam, the Enlightenment, and the veil
  • The great whore of Babylon: cosmopolitanism and racialized nationalism
  • Two western women venture east: Lady Annie Brassey and Anna Bowman Dodd
  • The Great War and its aftermath: militarized citizens, (un)veiled bodies, and the nation
  • The burqa and the bikini: veiling and unveiling at the turn of the twenty-first century.

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