Description:
Traces the complex history of veiling and representations of the veil in television, visual art, and film.
Brief description: Umme Al-wazedi is professor of postcolonial literature in the Department of English at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.
Review Quotes: A timely and much-needed intervention in the emerging scholarship on women and Islam. This rich collection of essays 'unveils' the intricate politics of the representation of Muslim women across several creative mediums through fascinating interdisciplinary approaches.-- "Haris Qadeer, author of The Silence that Speaks"