Veil Obsessed

Umme Al-wazedi is professor of postcolonial literature in the Department of English at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.Afrin Zeenat is professor of English at Dallas College in Dallas, Texas.

• PART IBeyond Orientalism and Colonialism: The Lasting Influence of the Colonial Gaze1. Manipulations of the Veil in Victorian Imaginings of The 1001 NightsMichael Lundell2. Unveiling the Colonial Blindspot in The Battle of AlgiersAbdullah A. Hasan3. Roots and Routes of the Veil in the MaghrebRachida YassinePART IIImmigrant Women and the Veil in Fiction: Patriarchy, Negotiations, and Agency4. Fictionizing the Veil, Patriarchy, Matriarchy and Jihad in Fadia Faqir’s Willow Trees Don’t WeepDallel SarnouPART IIITelevision and the Veil: Reinforcement of the Veil5. Veiling and Ideology: The Islamic State’s use of Iranian TV Series to propagate its gender ideals through veilingCherie TaraghiPART IVCinema and the Veil: Dismantling the Master Narrative6. Representations of Veiling in Bollywood CinemaNishat Haider7. Veiled Anxieties in Mani Ratnam’s BombayAfrin ZeenatPART VToward a New Discourse: Who Creates the Image?8. The Enduring Controversy over Veiling in Western Europe TodaySahar Amer and Martine Antle9. The Veil in Public Space: Critique, Participation, CitizenshipJoseph DonicaList of ContributorsIndex

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"It is high time that discussions of the veil be engaged in by women of color scholars who have an intimate familiarity with a range of issues connected to veiling."— Falguni A. Sheth, author of Unruly Women: Race, Neocolonialism, and the Hijab"An excellent erudite argument on the representation and misrepresentation of the hijab, the stereotypes that guide Western discourse, and encourages the disengagement from an essentialist understanding of the hijab."— Feroza Jussawalla, author of Muslim Women’s Writing from across South and Southeast Asia