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A Quiet Revolution : The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America.
Title:
A Quiet Revolution : The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America.
Author:
Ahmed, Leila.
ISBN:
9780300175059
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (361 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: The Islamic Resurgence and the Veil: From Emergence to Migration -- 1. Unveiling -- 2. The Veil's Vanishing Past -- 3. The 1970s: Seeds of the Resurgence -- 4. The New Veil: Converging Influences -- 5. The 1980s: Exploring Women's Motivations -- 6. Islamist Connections -- 7. Migrations -- 8. The 1990s: A Changing Climate in America -- PART TWO: After 9/11: New Pathways in America -- Prologue -- 9. Backlash: The Veil, the Burka, and the Clamor of War -- 10. ISNA and the Women of ISNA -- 11. American Muslim Women's Activism in the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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