Veiling in Africa / edited by Elisha P. Renne.

Contributor Renne, Elisha P.

Imprint:Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, c2013.

Description238 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Note:Introduction: veiling/counter-veiling in Sub-Saharan Africa / Elisha P. Renne -- Part 1. Veiling histories and modernities -- Veiling, fashion, and social mobility: a century of change in Zanzibar / Laura Fair -- Veiling without veils: modesty and reserve in Tuareg cultural encounters / Susan J. Rasmussen -- Intertwined veiling histories in Nigeria / Elisha P. Renne -- Part 2. Veiling and fashion -- Religious modesty, fashionable glamour, and cultural text: veiling in Senegal / Leslie W. Rabine -- Modest bodies, stylish selves: fashioning virtue in Niger / Adeline Masquelier -- "Should a good Muslim cover her face?" Pilgrimage, veiling, and fundamentalisms in Cameroon / Jose C. M. van Santen -- Part 3. Veiling/counter-veiling -- Invoking hijab: the power politics of spaces and employment in Nigeria / Hauwa Mahdi -- "We grew up free but here we have to cover our faces": veiling among Oromo refugees in Eastleigh, Kenya / Peri M. Klemm -- Vulnerability unveiled: Lubna's pants and humanitarian visibility on the verge of Sudan's secession / Amal Hassan Fadlalla.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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