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| Title: | Muslim Veil in North America
: Issues & Debates |
| Author: | Sajida Alvi, Homa Hoodfar & Sheila McDonough (eds) |
| ISBN: | 0889614083 : 9780889614086 |
| Illustrations: | tables |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 150x225mm |
| Pages: | 306 |
| Weight: | .456 Kg. |
| Published: | Canadian Scholars' Press (Women's Press) - January 2003 |
| List Price: | 19.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Womens studies: Islamic studies: North America |
The issue of veiling has been remarkably under-researched and over-ideologised. In recent years, the adoption of the veil has come to symbolise a brave expression of choice: women reaching out to tradition, but hoping it will not jeopardise their place in the larger North American society. It is with this in mind that the Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) invited scholars in the fields of anthropology, history, sociology, and Islamic studies to carry out a systematic study of issues surrounding different practices of the hijab among Muslim communities, resulting in this book.
More Than Clothing: Veiling As an Adaptive Strategy; Coding Dress: Gender and the Articulation of Identity in a Canadian Muslim School; Banners of Faith and Identities in Construct: The hijab in Canada; Voices of Muslim Women; Perceptions of the hijab in Canada; Muslim Women and Islamic Religious Tradition: A Historical Overview and Contemporary Issues; Women 's Modesty in Qur 'anic Commentaries: The Founding Discourse; Hijab According to the Hadith: Text and Interpretation.
