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

Author:: Ahmed, Leila
Published:: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2011]
Copyright Date:: ©2011
Physical Description:: viii, 352 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents:

The islamic resurgence and the veil: from emergence to migration. Unveiling -- The veil's vanishing past -- The 1970s: seeds of the resurgence -- The new veil: converging influences -- The 1980s: exploring women's motivations -- Islamist connections -- Migrations -- The 1990s: a changing climate in America -- After 9/11: new pathways in America. Prologue -- Backlash: the veil, the burkah, and the clamor of war -- Isna and the women of isna -- American Muslim women's activism in the twenty-first century.

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ISBN:

9780300170955 (cloth : alk. paper)
0300170955

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Acquisition:

Berks copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2010.
Dubois copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2010.

Endowment Note:

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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