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Pious fashion : how Muslim women dress / Elizabeth Bucar.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674982376
  • 9780674982390
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BP190 .P568 2017
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Jilbab in Yogyakarta -- Tesettur in Istanbul -- Pious fashion.
Subject: For many westerners, the veil is the ultimate sign of women's oppression. But Elizabeth Bucar's take on Muslim women's clothing is a far cry from this attitude. She invites readers to join her in three Muslim-majority nations as she surveys pious fashion from head to toe and shows how Muslim women approach the question "What to wear?" with style.--
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For many westerners, the veil is the ultimate sign of women's oppression. But Elizabeth Bucar's take on Muslim women's clothing is a far cry from this attitude. She invites readers to join her in three Muslim-majority nations as she surveys pious fashion from head to toe and shows how Muslim women approach the question "What to wear?" with style.--

Includes bibliographies and index.

Hijab in Tehran -- Jilbab in Yogyakarta -- Tesettur in Istanbul -- Pious fashion.

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