Veil
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Publication
2017 - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Language
English
Word Count
34,000 words, Guess
Page Count
136 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28622008M
- ISBN-139781501322778
- OCLC Control Number958780104
- OCLC Control Number1201427015
- Library of Congress Control Number2017012308
Classifications
- LCCBP190.5.H44Z35 2017
- LCCBP190.5.H44 Z35 2017
Description
"The veil can be an instrument of feminist empowerment, and veiled anonymity can confer power to women. Starting from her own marriage ceremony at which she first wore a full veil, Rafia Zakaria examines how veils do more than they get credit for. Part memoir and part philosophical investigation, Veil questions that what is seen is always good and free, and that what is veiled can only signal servility and subterfuge. From personal encounters with the veil in France (where it is banned) to Iran (where it is compulsory), Zakaria shows how the garment's reputation as a pre-modern relic is fraught and up for grabs. The veil is an object in constant transformation, whose myriad meanings challenge the absolute truths of patriarchy."--Publisher description.
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