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What Is Veiling? Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks CARL W. ERNST AND BRUCE B. LAWRENCE, EDITORS A complete list of titles published in this series appears at the end of the book. W H A T I S Veiling? Sahar Amer The University of North Carolina Press CHAPEL HILL Publication of this work was assisted by a generous gift from Florence and James Peacock. © 2014 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Designed by Kimberly Bryant Set in Charis and Myriad types by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging- in-P ublication Data Amer, Sahar. What is veiling? / Sahar Amer. pages cm. — (Islamic civilization and Muslim networks) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4696-1775-6 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4696-1776-3 (ebook) 1. Hijab (Islamic clothing) 2. Veils—Religious aspects—Islam. 3. Muslim women—Clothing. I. Title. BP190.5.H44A535 2014 297.5′76—dc23 2014007168 Mohja Kahf’s “Hijab Scene No. 2” and “Hijab Scene No. 7,” from her book E- mails from Scheherazad, are reprinted with permission of the University Press of Florida. 18 17 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 For Ruth Mitchell Pitts, who fi rst encouraged me to research this book, and who did not live to see it completed. For my dad (1928–2014), whose progressive forward thinking allowed me to write in the fi rst place. This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments, xi INTRODUCTION What Is Veiling?, 1 PART I. ISLAM, POLITICS, AND VEILING, 19 1. Understanding Veiling in Islamic Sacred Texts, 21 2. What Do Progressive Muslims Say about Veiling?, 38 3. Politics and Sociocultural Practices of Veiling, 56 PART II. VEILING IN EURO- AMERICAN SOCIETIES, 75 4. Veils, Harems, and the Mission to Civilize, 77 5. Veiling in Western Europe Today, 94 6. Veiling in the United States of America Today, 112 PART III. VEILING IN THE WORLD AND WORDS OF WOMEN, 131 7. Veiling and Feminism, 133 8. Islamic Fashion, Beauty Pageants, and Muslim Dolls, 148 9. Veiling through the Arts, 176 Epilogue, 198 GLOSSARY Terms Referring to Veiling, 201 Notes, 211 Bibliography, 219 Index, 225 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations Funerary Relief (Noʿom, wife of Haira, son of Maliku), c. 150 CE, 8 The Virgin of the Annunciation, c. 1450–1460, 9 Pew Forum Muslim World Distribution Map (2009), 15 Sharron Lovell, Hui Chinese female Muslims praying in a female mosque in Pingliang, Gansu Province, China (2008), 54 Sharron Lovell, Afghan women at Mazzar-i - Sharif’s Blue Mosque (2004), 61 Women from Oman wearing metal burgu (face veil), 63 Leather lithma (face veil) from the Gulf region, 63 Turkish students “accessorizing” their hijabs by wearing a hat over the scarf (2009), 68 Cartoon of burqa 1: child calling for his “Mommy” (2007), 71 Cartoon of burqa 2: two anxious men (2007), 72 Delacroix, Algerian Women in Their Apartment (1834), 80 Ingres, The Turkish Bath (1862), 82 Colonial postcard 1 (early 1900s), 86 Colonial postcard 2 (early 1900s), 86 Colonial postcard 3 (early 1900s), 86 Pontecorvo, Battle of Algiers (1966), 90 Todd Drake, Carolina Cyclones, Charlotte, North Carolina (2009), 120 Muslim woman wearing niqab with YSL logo, 150 Advertisement for luxury hijab styles from Hijab Fashion magazine (March 2011), 159 Photograph of a woman dressed in an Egyptian fl ag, from Hijab Fashion magazine (March 2011), 160 Fahda bint Saud, Three Women (2008), 187 Halida Boughriet, Les illuminés (2007), 189 Zineb Sedira, Self- Portrait or the Virgin Mary (2000), 191 Ghada Amer, Borqa (1995), 192
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