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The Veil Unveiled: The Hijab in Modern Culture

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This work demonstrates that the veil, the garment known in Islamic cultures as the "hijab", holds within its folds a semantic versatility that goes far beyond current cliches and homogenous representations. Whether seen as romantic or as erotic, a symbol of oppression or a sign of piety, modesty, or purity, the veil carries thousands of years of religious, sexual, social and political significance. Using examples from both the East and West - including Persian poetry, American erotica, Iranian and Indian films, and government-sanctioned posters - the author shows that the veil has become a ubiquitous symbol
Request Code : ZLIBIO1403601
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Year:
2001
Edition:
1st
Publisher:
University Press of Florida
Language:
English
Pages:
224
ISBN 10:
0813020840
ISBN 13:
9780813020846
ISBN:
0813020840,9780813020846

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