Veiling in Africa

Author(s)

• Renne, Elisha P.

Bibliographic Information

Veiling in Africa

edited by Elisha P. Renne

（African expressive cultures）

Indiana University Press, c2013

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The tradition of the veil, which refers to various cloth coverings of the head, face, and body, has been little studied in Africa, where Islam has been present for more than a thousand years. These lively essays raise questions about what is distinctive about veiling in Africa, what religious histories or practices are reflected in particular uses of the veil, and how styles of veils have changed in response to contemporary events. Together, they explore the diversity of meanings and experiences with the veil, revealing it as both an object of Muslim piety and an expression of glamorous fashion.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: Veiling/Counter-Veiling in sub-Saharan Africa Elisha Renne Part I. Veiling Histories & Modernities 1. Veiling, Fashion and Social Mobility: A Century of Change in Zanzibar Laura Fair 2. Veiling Without Veils: Modesty and Reserve in Tuareg Cultural Encounters Susan Rasmussen 3. Interwined Veiling Histories in Nigeria Elisha Renne Part II. Veiling & Fashion 4. Religious Modesty, Fashionable Glamour, and Cultural Text: Veiling in Senegal Leslie Rabine 5. Modest Bodies, Stylish Selves: Fashioning Virtue in Niger Adeline Masquelier 6. "Should a Good Muslim Cover Her Face?" Pilgrimage, Veiling, and Fundamentalisms in Cameroon José C. M. van Santen Part III. Veiling/Counter-Veiling 7. Invoking Hijab: The Power Politics of Spaces and Employment in Nigeria Hauwa Mahdi 8. "We Grew Up Free but Here We Have to Cover Our Faces": Veiling among Oromo Refugees in Eastleigh, Kenya Peri M. Klemm 9. Vulnerability Unveiled: Lubna's Pants and Humanitarian Visibility on the Verge of Sudan's Secession Amal Hassan Fadlalla List of Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BB1663338X
• ISBN:
  • 9780253008206
• LCCN: 2012049581
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bloomington, Ind.
• Pages/Volumes: 238 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BP190.5.H44
  • DC23 : 391.20882970967
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Hijab (Islamic clothing) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • LCSH : Veils -- Social aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • LCSH : Muslim women -- Clothing -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • LCSH : Muslim women -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA69212495