Veiling in Africa
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| Natura: | Elettronico eBook |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
2013.
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| Serie: | African expressive cultures.
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| Accesso online: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Sommario:
- Introduction: veiling/counter-veiling in Sub-Saharan Africa / Elisha P. Renne
- Part 1. Veiling histories and modernities
- Veiling, fashion, and social mobility: a century of change in Zanzibar / Laura Fair
- Veiling without veils: modesty and reserve in Tuareg cultural encounters / Susan J. Rasmussen
- Intertwined veiling histories in Nigeria / Elisha P. Renne
- Part 2. Veiling and fashion
- Religious modesty, fashionable glamour, and cultural text: veiling in Senegal / Leslie W. Rabine
- Modest bodies, stylish selves: fashioning virtue in Niger / Adeline Masquelier
- "Should a good Muslim cover her face?" Pilgrimage, veiling, and fundamentalisms in Cameroon / José C. M. van Santen
- Part 3. Veiling/counter-veiling
- Invoking hijab: the power politics of spaces and employment in Nigeria / Hauwa Mahdi
- "We grew up free but here we have to cover our faces": veiling among Oromo refugees in Eastleigh, Kenya / Peri M. Klemm
- Vulnerability unveiled: Lubna's pants and humanitarian visibility on the verge of Sudan's secession / Amal Hassan Fadlalla.