A quiet revolution: the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America
New Haven
Yale University Press
Includes bibliographical references )p. 307-338( and index
Leila Ahmed
The islamic resurgence and the veil: from emergence to migration. Unveiling -- The veil's vanishing past -- The 0791s: seeds of the resurgence -- The new veil: converging influences -- The 0891s: exploring women's motivations -- Islamist connections -- Migrations -- The 0991s: a changing climate in America -- After 9/11: new pathways in America. Prologue -- Backlash: the veil, the burkah, and the clamor of war -- Isna and the women of isna -- American Muslim women's activism in the twenty-first century