Challenges the dialogue around the veil, exploring its symbolic, religious, and cultural significance. Scholars from a variety of fields analyse and critique use of the veil in literature, film, television, and the fine arts.
Challenges the dialogue around the veil, exploring its symbolic, religious, and cultural significance. Scholars from a variety of fields analyse and critique use of the veil in literature, film, television, and the fine arts.
Umme Al-wazedi is professor of postcolonial literature in the Department of English at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. Afrin Zeenat is professor of English at Dallas College in Dallas, Texas.
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* PART I * Beyond Orientalism and Colonialism: The Lasting Influence of the Colonial Gaze 1. Manipulations of the Veil in Victorian Imaginings of The 1001 Nights Michael Lundell 2. Unveiling the Colonial Blindspot in The Battle of Algiers Abdullah A. Hasan 3. Roots and Routes of the Veil in the Maghreb Rachida Yassine * PART II * Immigrant Women and the Veil in Fiction: Patriarchy, Negotiations, and Agency 4. Fictionizing the Veil, Patriarchy, Matriarchy and Jihad in Fadia Faqir’s Willow Trees Don’t Weep Dallel Sarnou * PART III * Television and the Veil: Reinforcement of the Veil 5. Veiling and Ideology: The Islamic State’s use of Iranian TV Series to propagate its gender ideals through veiling Cherie Taraghi * PART IV * Cinema and the Veil: Dismantling the Master Narrative 6. Representations of Veiling in Bollywood Cinema Nishat Haider 7. Veiled Anxieties in Mani Ratnam’s Bombay Afrin Zeenat * PART V * Toward a New Discourse: Who Creates the Image? 8. The Enduring Controversy over Veiling in Western Europe Today Sahar Amer and Martine Antle 9. The Veil in Public Space: Critique, Participation, Citizenship Joseph Donica * List of Contributors Index
* PART I * Beyond Orientalism and Colonialism: The Lasting Influence of the Colonial Gaze 1. Manipulations of the Veil in Victorian Imaginings of The 1001 Nights Michael Lundell 2. Unveiling the Colonial Blindspot in The Battle of Algiers Abdullah A. Hasan 3. Roots and Routes of the Veil in the Maghreb Rachida Yassine * PART II * Immigrant Women and the Veil in Fiction: Patriarchy, Negotiations, and Agency 4. Fictionizing the Veil, Patriarchy, Matriarchy and Jihad in Fadia Faqir’s Willow Trees Don’t Weep Dallel Sarnou * PART III * Television and the Veil: Reinforcement of the Veil 5. Veiling and Ideology: The Islamic State’s use of Iranian TV Series to propagate its gender ideals through veiling Cherie Taraghi * PART IV * Cinema and the Veil: Dismantling the Master Narrative 6. Representations of Veiling in Bollywood Cinema Nishat Haider 7. Veiled Anxieties in Mani Ratnam’s Bombay Afrin Zeenat * PART V * Toward a New Discourse: Who Creates the Image? 8. The Enduring Controversy over Veiling in Western Europe Today Sahar Amer and Martine Antle 9. The Veil in Public Space: Critique, Participation, Citizenship Joseph Donica * List of Contributors Index
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