The limits of cross-cultural analogy: Muslim veiling and ‘western’ fashion and beauty practices

New Femininities: Postfeminism, Neoliberalism and Subjectivity

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 188-199

  Pedwell, Carolyn ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84994291819     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230294523     Document Type: Chapter

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