TY - BOOK AU - Chamberlin,Ann TI - A history of women's seclusion in the Middle East: the veil in the looking glass T2 - Innovations in feminist studies SN - 0789029839 (hc. : alk. paper) AV - HQ1726.5 .C45 2006 U1 - 305.40956 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Haworth Press KW - Women KW - Middle East KW - Social conditions KW - History KW - Women's rights N1 - PS UNIKEB - Pn Suziana Mat Saad; Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-288) and index; Seclusion at work -- A return to the Taliban -- Ancient veiling -- Artistic representation -- Written evidence -- Domestic architecture -- Architecture : the sacred -- In the sacred storehouse -- Sacred pegs --'HRM' -- Balance in the paleolithic : sacred time, space, and persons -- Evolution -- Biology -- The clan -- Environment for seclusion -- Trade -- Capital and land -- The British parallel : enclosure -- Liberation of the individual -- The hunger for the individual -- The urban Mesopotamian clan -- How Mesopotamian culture effected individual alienation -- The personal god -- Cities of power -- Vernacular gender -- Slavery -- Honor -- Masscult -- Women's tongue -- For men only -- The fate of seclusion in the west -- Conclusion UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006001664.html ER -