A History of Women's Seclusion in the Middle East : The Veil in the Looking Glass

ISBN-13: 9780789029836 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 298 str.

Ann Chamberlin

Opis

Internationally acclaimed author Ann Chamberlin's book, A History of Women's Seclusion in the Middle East: The Veil in the Looking Glass is a critical interdisciplinary examination of the practice of seclusion of women throughout the Middle East from its beginnings. This challenging exploration discusses the reasons that seclusion may not be as oppressive as is presently generally accepted, and, in fact, may be an empowering force for women in both the West and East. Readers are taken on a controversial, belief-bending journey deep into the surprising origins and diverse aspects of female seclusion to find solid evidence of its surprising use as a defense against monolithic cultural exploitation.

Spis treści

• Foreword (Peter Lamborn Wilson)
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Introduction
  
• Chapter 1. Seclusion at Work
  
• Examples
  
• A Return to the Taliban
  
• Chapter 2. Ancient Veiling
  
• Artistic Representation
  
• Written Evidence
  
• Chapter 3. Domestic Architecture
  
• Chapter 4. Architecture: The Sacred
  
• In the Sacred Storehouse
  
• Sacred Pegs
  
• “HRM”
  
• Chapter 5. Balance in the Paleolithic: Sacred Time, Space, and Persons
  
• Chapter 6. Evolution
  
• Chapter 7. Biology
  
• Chapter 8. The Clan
  
• Chapter 9. Environment for Seclusion
  
• Chapter 10. Trade
  
• Chapter 11. Capital and Land
  
• The British Parallel: Enclosure
  
• Chapter 12. Liberation of the Individual
  
• The Hunger for the Individual
  
• The Urban Mesopotamian Clan
  
• How Mesopotamian Culture Effected Individual Alienation
  
• The Personal God
  
• Chapter 13. Cities of Power
  
• Chapter 14. Vernacular Gender
  
• Chapter 15. Slavery
  
• Chapter 16. Honor
  
• Chapter 17. Masscult
  
• Chapter 18. Women’s Tongue
  
• Chapter 19. For Men Only
  
• Chapter 20. The Fate of Seclusion in the West
  
• Chapter 21. Conclusion
  
• Notes
  
• Bibliography
  
• Index
  

O autorze

J Dianne Garner, Linn Prentis