The Veil: Women Writers on Its History, Lore, and Politics Book

1 From her royal body the robe was removed : the blessings of the veil and the trauma of forced unveilings in the Middle East Mohja Kahf Kahf, Mohja 27

2 Shattered vessels that contain divine sparks : unveiling Hasidic women's dress code Barbara Goldman Carrel Carrel, Barbara Goldman 44

3 Going the whole nine yards : vignettes of the veil in India Roxanne Kamayani Gupta Gupta, Roxanne Kamayani 60

4 Out of the cloister : unveiling to better the Gospel Laurene M. LaFontaine LaFontaine, Laurene M. 75

5 The Amish veil : symbol of separation and community Jana M. Hawley Hawley, Jana M. 90

6 "What is subordinated, dominates" : mourning, magic, masks, and male veiling Jennifer Heath Heath, Jennifer 99

7 I just want to be me : issues in identity for one American Muslim woman Pamela K. Taylor Taylor, Pamela K. 119

8 "She freed and floated on the air" : Salome and her Dance of the Seven Veils Shireen Malik Malik, Shireen 139

9 "He hath couered my soule inwarde" : veiling in medieval Europe and the early Church Desiree G. Koslin Koslin, Desiree G. 160

10 Nubo : the wedding veil Sarah C. Bell Bell, Sarah C. 171

11 After Eden : the veil as a conduit to the internal Eve Brugin Brugin, Eve 174

12 Virtue and sin : an Arab Christian woman's perspective Rita Stephan Stephan, Rita 191

13 Drawing the line at modesty : my place in the order of things Michelle Auerbach Auerbach, Michelle 202

14 On the road : travels with my hijab Maliha Masood Masood, Maliha 213

15 Purdah, patriarchy, and the tropical sun : womanhood in India Jasbir Jain Jain, Jasbir 231

16 The veil : from Persepolis Marjane Satrapi Satrapi, Marjane248

17 Concealing and revealing female hair : veiling dynamics in contemporary Iran Ashraf Zahedi Zahedi, Ashraf 250

18 That (Afghan) girl! : ideology unveiled in National Geographic Dinah Zeiger Zeiger, Dinah 266

19 Burqas and bikinis : Islamic dress in newspaper cartoons Kecia Ali Ali, Kecia 281

20 Dress code and modes : how Islamic is the veil? Aisha Lee Fox Shaheed Shaheed, Aisha Lee Fox 290

21 From veil to veil : "what's in a woman's head is a lot more important than what's on it" Sherifa Zuhur Zuhur, Sherifa 307

Epilogue 319

About the contributors 323

Index 331