Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos
«A unique and seminal work of extraordinary scholarship.... [V]ery highly recommended for both community and academic library Feminist Studies and Islamic Culture collections.»
Midwest Book Review
At first sight, tattoos, nudity, and veils do not seem to have much in common except for the fact that all three have become more frequent, more visible, and more dominant in connection with aesthetic presentations of women over the past thirty years. Les mer
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Through the means of conceptual analysis, Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos: The New Feminine Aesthetics reveals that these three phenomena can be both private and public, humiliating and empowering, and backward and progressive. This unorthodox approach is traced by the three’s similar social and psychological patterns, and by doing so, Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos hopes to sketch the image of a woman who is not only sexually emancipated and confident, but also more and more aware of her cultural heritage.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Lexington Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781498500487
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«A unique and seminal work of extraordinary scholarship.... [V]ery highly recommended for both community and academic library Feminist Studies and Islamic Culture collections.»
Midwest Book Review