The Veil Unveiled: The Hijab in Modern Culture
This provocative book demonstrates that the veil, the garment known in Islamic cultures as the hijab, holds within its folds a semantic versatility that goes far beyond current clichés and homogenous representations. Whether seen as erotic or as romantic, a symbol of oppression or a sign of piety, modesty, or purity, the veil carries thousands of years of religious, sexual, social, and political significance.\ 36 b&w photos, glossary, notes, bibliography, index
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This provocative book demonstrates that the veil, the garment known in Islamic cultures as the hijab, holds within its folds a semantic versatility that goes far beyond current clichés and homogenous representations. Whether seen as erotic or as romantic, a symbol of oppression or a sign of piety, modesty, or purity, the veil carries thousands of years of religious, sexual, social, and political significance. 36 b&w photos, glossary, notes, bibliography, index
List of FiguresNote on TransliterationAcknowledgmentsIntroduction11Veiled Images in Advertising102Veiled Images in American Erotica393The Cinematics of the Veil624Iranian Politics and the Hijab885Militarizing the Veil1106Literary Dynamics of the Veil138Conclusion175Notes181Glossary201Bibiiography205Index213
