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Ahmed, Leila.

A quiet revolution : the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America / Leila Ahmed. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011. - viii, 352 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-338) and index.

Content:

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 burkah, and the clamor of war.
10.ISNA and the women of ISNA.
11. American Muslim women's activism in the twenty-first century. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/TOC/Ahmed_TOC.pdf

ISBN: 9780300170955 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300170955 9780300181432 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2010049535

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hijab (Islamic clothing)--Middle East.
Hijab (Islamic clothing)--United States.
Veils--Middle East.
Veils--United States.
Muslim women--Clothing--Middle East.
Muslim women--Clothing--United States.

LC Class. No.: BP190.5.H44 / A46 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 297.5 AHM