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240 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780201632217
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 21 December 1992
Description
Convinced that the veil is a symbol of unjust male authority over women, in The Veil and the Male Elite, Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi aims to investigate the origins of the practice in the first Islamic community.
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240 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780201632217
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 21 December 1992
Description
Convinced that the veil is a symbol of unjust male authority over women, in The Veil and the Male Elite, Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi aims to investigate the origins of the practice in the first Islamic community.