Veiled figures : women, modernity, and the spectres of orientalism /

In Veiled Figures, Teresa Heffernan explores how the clash of civilizations is perpetuated by the rhetoric of veiling and unveiling. Drawing on travel narratives, harem literature and other stories, Heffernan argues that women's bodies have been used to exacerbate the divide between religion an...

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Main Author:	Heffernan, Teresa, 1962- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Veils in literature. Veils > Social aspects. Veils > History. Muslim women in literature. Islamic literature > Christian interpretations.