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Modern intellectual women never veil, according to this book

Modern intellectual women never veil, according to this book. It almost never spoke of women who WANTED to and why they chose it, but often talked about women who didn’t and how they saw women that do. I found most of the articles condescending and belittling.

Veiling- of women, of men, and of sacred places and objects-has . Expertly organized and introduced by Jennifer Heath, who also writes on male veiling, the essays are arranged in three parts: the veil as a. .

Veiling- of women, of men, and of sacred places and objects-has existed in countless cultures and religions from time immemorial. Today, veiling is a globally polarizing issue, a locus for the struggle between Islam and the West and between contemporary and traditional interpretations of Islam. This book explores and examines the cultures, politics, and histories of veiling. Expertly organized and introduced by Jennifer Heath, who also writes on male veiling, the essays are arranged in three parts: the veil as an expression of the sacred; the veil as it relates to the emotional and the sensual; and the veil in its sociopolitical aspects.

The Veil book I learnt quite a lot of information about the veil from its history to its social issues and how it is perceived in different countries.

This groundbreaking volume, written entirely by women, examines the vastly. This unique, dynamic, and insightful volume is illustrated throughout. I learnt quite a lot of information about the veil from its history to its social issues and how it is perceived in different countries.

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Home Browse Books Book details, The Veil: Women Writers on Its History, Lore,. The Veil: Women Writers on Its History, Lore, and Politics. Yet the veil is vastly misunderstood. But veiling was a practice long before Islam and still extends far beyond the Middle East. Once upon a time, the veil in all its multiplicity was more or less taken for granted everywhere as, at the very least, an essential expression of the divine mysteries.

Women’s veiling has become the subject of intense scrutiny in recent years, particularly in the Islamic context. When it became clear that not all Muslim women who veiled were being forced to do so by their societies, their families and especially their men, sociologists and anthropologists began to ask women themselves about the veil. Jennifer Heath’s volume continues in that vein by bringing together articles about veiling by women from a wide variety of backgrounds, but it goes one step further in challenging our preconceptions.

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The book is not exclusively about the Islamic veil, although 10 of the 21 contributions take up the veil in Islamic contexts specifically

The book is not exclusively about the Islamic veil, although 10 of the 21 contributions take up the veil in Islamic contexts specifically. Two examples of contributions include a chapter written by Mohja Kahf about forced unveilings and re-veilings in parts of the Middle East (Syria and Iraq) and Northern Africa (Egypt and Tunisia).

For many feminists, veiling is synonymous with the oppression of women. August 8 2008, 1:00am, The Times. A cartoon in the Boston Herald in 2002 showed the Statue of Liberty swathed head-to-toe in a burka. Underneath were the words: Muslim fanatic terrorists struck at the Statue of Liberty last night. For some people today, the veil has become a symbol of terrorist tyranny. For many feminists, veiling is synonymous with the oppression of women. What women in Muslim societies need are American liberties, the story goes