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Title Downveiling: Shifting Socio-Religious Practices in Egypt
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1887/17419
Date 2000
Author(s) Herrera, L.
Abstract Copious studies on Islamic resurgence throughout the Muslim world deal with new veiling, a socio-religious practice which has been explained as a form of both resistance and submission to patriarchy, an assertion of cultural authenticity, a reaction against Western imperialism and local secular regimes, a genuine desire by women to live more piously, and a practice born out of economic necessity. While there is a degree of plausibility in each of these theories, especially when taken in tandem, another dimension should be added to the debate on new veiling, and that is a subtle and seemingly growing tendency among many urban Egyptian women towards what can be called 'downveiling'.
Subject(s) Egypt
Language en_US
Publisher ISIM, Leiden
Type of publication Article / Letter to editor
Format 283577 bytes; application/pdf
Source 6; 1; 1; 32; 2; ISIM Newsletter
Repository Leiden - University of Leiden
Added to C-A: 2012-06-05;15:21:25