A quiet revolution
Subtitle: the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America
By: Leila Ahmed
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780300170955
Subjects: Hijab (Islamic clothing); Clothing; Veils; Muslim women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-338)  and index.
Table of contents: title: The islamic resurgence and the veil: from emergence to migration. Unveiling; title: The veil's vanishing past; title: The 1970s: seeds of the resurgence; title: The new veil: converging influences; title: The 1980s: exploring women's motivations; title: Islamist connections; title: Migrations; title: The 1990s: a changing climate in America; title: After 9/11: new pathways in America. Prologue; title: Backlash: the veil, the burkah, and the clamor of war; title: Isna and the women of isna; title: American Muslim women's activism in the twenty-first century.