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The woman in the muslin mask : veiling and identity in postcolonial literature /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grace, Daphne, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Veils in literature.
Muslim women in literature.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Background to the veil: history, theory and culture
  • 2. Imagining veiled woman
  • 3. Revealing and re-veiling: Egypt
  • 4. Piety and patriarchy: the Arabian Peninsular and the Eastern Mediterranean
  • 5. Violence, liberation and resistance: North Africa
  • 6. Subversion, seduction and shame: India
  • 7. Conclusion: liberating the veil.