Veil - Rafia Zakaria
-20% with code BOOKS
Shipping in 31-37 days
30-day return policy
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The veil can be an instrument of feminist empowerment, and veiled anonymity can confer power to women. Starting from her own marriage ceremony at which she first wore a full veil, Rafia Zakaria examines how veils do more than they get credit for. Part memoir and part philosophical investigation, Veil q ... Full description
You May Also Like
TOP
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
-20% with code BOOKS
In stock
TOP
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
-20% with code BOOKS
In stock
TOP
The Nord Stream Conspiracy: The Inside Story of the Explosions That Shook the World
-20% with code BOOKS
Out of stock
TOP
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Clarissa Pinkola Estes
-20% with code BOOKS
In stock at our supplier
TOP
Prisoners of Geography: Updated 10th Anniversary Edition: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know About Global Politics
-20% with code BOOKS
In stock at our supplier
TOP
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
-20% with code BOOKS
In stock at our supplier
TOP
How Democracies Die
Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
-20% with code BOOKS
In stock at our supplier
TOP
Classic Football Shirts
Classic Football Shirts, Rory Smith
-20% with code BOOKS
In stock at our supplier
TOP
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson
-20% with code BOOKS
In stock at our supplier
TOP
Everything I Know About Love: Now a Major BBC One Series
-20% with code BOOKS
In stock
TOP
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
-20% with code BOOKS
In stock at our supplier
TOP
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
-20% with code BOOKS
In stock at our supplier
TOP
To Kill a Mockingbird. 60th Anniversary Edition
-20% with code BOOKS
In stock
Description
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The veil can be an instrument of feminist empowerment, and veiled anonymity can confer power to women. Starting from her own marriage ceremony at which she first wore a full veil, Rafia Zakaria examines how veils do more than they get credit for. Part memoir and part philosophical investigation, Veil questions that what is seen is always good and free, and that what is veiled can only signal servility and subterfuge. From personal encounters with the veil in France (where it is banned) to Iran (where it is compulsory), Zakaria shows how the garment's reputation as a pre-modern relic is fraught and up for grabs. The veil is an object in constant transformation, whose myriad meanings challenge the absolute truths of patriarchy. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
More Information
| Author | Rafia Zakaria |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Release year | 2017 |
| Cover type | Softcover |
| EAN | 9781501322778 |