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A quiet revolution : the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America / Leila Ahmed.

By: Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.Description: viii, 352 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780300170955 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0300170955
  • 9780300181432 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.5 AHM 22
LOC classification:
  • BP190.5.H44 A46 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
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
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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

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