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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Main Author: Heffernan, Teresa, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University Of Toronto Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
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Veiled figures : women, modernity, and the spectres of orientalism /
by Heffernan, Teresa, 1962-
Published 2016
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