Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book

Title Islam and the veil : theoretical and regional contexts / edited by Theodore Gabriel and Rabiha Hannan.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Continuum, [2011]
©2011

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials  EBSCO Ebook    Downloadable
Rocky Hill cardholders click here to access this title from EBSCO
Description 1 online resource (x, 204 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index.
Contents Theoretical contexts -- Respect in a plural society / Marcus Braybrooke -- Reflections on sartorial injunctions in Islam / Theodore Gabriel -- Unveiling orientalism in reverse / Alison Scott-Baumann -- Mawdudi, purdah and the status of women in Islam / Roy Jackson -- Female seclusion and the veil: two issues in political and social discourse. the reforms of Sultan Muhammad shah (born1877-1957), 48th imam of the Nizari Ismaʻilis / Simonetta Calderini. Examining the scriptural texts: The veil? between tradition and reason, culture and context / Usama Hasan -- An exploration of the debates pertaining to head covering and face veiling of women in the British Muslim context / Rabiha Hannan -- Norms of gender interaction / Javaid Ghamidi -- Hijab, a symbol of modesty or seclusion? / Khola Hassan. Human rights and freedom of expression -- Marginalisation or an opportunity for dialogue?; exploring the hijab as a discursive symbol of the identity of young Muslim women / Sariya Contractor -- The Islamic veil: a focal point for social and political / Malika Hamidi. Debate: Muslim women, the veil and activism / Rajnaara C. Akhtar -- Hijab and belonging-Canadian Muslim women / Katherine Bullock.
Summary This volume is centred around the theme of veiling in Islam and provides multifarious aspects of the discussion regarding veiling of Muslim women, especially in the West. The issue of veiling has been intensively debated in Western society and has implications for religious liberty, inter-communal relationships and cultural interaction. Islam and the Veil €seeks to generate€open and objective discussion of this highly important, though controversial, subject, with contributions from distinguished scholars and academics, including female practitioners of Islam. This subject has inflam.
Note Print version record.
Subject Hijab (Islamic clothing)
Veils -- Islamic countries.
Women in Islam.
Muslim women -- Clothing.
Islamic clothing and dress.
Religion.
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
Hijab (Islamic clothing) (OCoLC)fst01200122
Islamic clothing and dress. (OCoLC)fst01199300
Muslim women -- Clothing. (OCoLC)fst01200121
Veils. (OCoLC)fst01165037
Women in Islam. (OCoLC)fst01177797
Islamic countries. (OCoLC)fst01244130
Added Author Gabriel, Theodore P. C.
Hannan, Rabiha.
Other Form: Print version: Islam and the veil. London ; New York : Continuum, 2011 9781441187352 (DLC) 2010046125 (OCoLC)657602751
ISBN 9781441182258 (electronic bk.)
144118225X (electronic bk.)
-->
Add a Review