Veil and Headscarf: Five Aspects of a Cultural Phenomenon

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_6212
dc.contributor.author	Galter Hannes D.
dc.title	Veil and Headscarf: Five Aspects of a Cultural Phenomenon
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The discussions about the use of headscarves and veils shape the living conditions of Muslim women in the Middle East and in Europe to this day. To overcome this situation, a thorough and dispassionate documentation of the cultural history of veiling is necessary. This paper will give a short overview of the long history of veiling and it will deal in detail with five different aspects of this phenomenon and with the various connections between Europe and the Middle East: the relationship between death and the veil in the Ancient Near East; the veil in early Christianity; the hair as an erotic symbol in the Ancient Near East; the traditional costume of the Transylvanian Saxons as a European example of the use of veils and the veil of mystery.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antiquity Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi orientali
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-08-30
dc.dateAccepted	2021-08-03
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-07-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-522-3/veil-and-headscarf-five-aspects-of-a-cultural-phen/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-521-6/004
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-522-3
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-521-6
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Death
dc.subject	Death
dc.subject	Headscarf
dc.subject	Headscarf
dc.subject	Maraş
dc.subject	Maraş
dc.subject	Mesopotamia
dc.subject	Mesopotamia
dc.subject	Palmyra
dc.subject	Palmyra
dc.subject	Paul
dc.subject	Paul
dc.subject	St
dc.subject	St
dc.subject	Tertullian
dc.subject	Tertullian
dc.subject	Transsylvania
dc.subject	Transsylvania
dc.subject	Veil
dc.subject	Veil

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Veil and Headscarf: Five Aspects of a Cultural Phenomenon

Hannes D. Galter Universität Graz, Österreich

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The discussions about the use of headscarves and veils shape the living conditions of Muslim women in the Middle East and in Europe to this day. To overcome this situation, a thorough and dispassionate documentation of the cultural history of veiling is necessary. This paper will give a short overview of the long history of veiling and it will deal in detail with five different aspects of this phenomenon and with the various connections between Europe and the Middle East: the relationship between death and the veil in the Ancient Near East; the veil in early Christianity; the hair as an erotic symbol in the Ancient Near East; the traditional costume of the Transylvanian Saxons as a European example of the use of veils and the veil of mystery.

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Aug. 30, 2021

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Aug. 3, 2021

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July 1, 2021

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978-88-6969-522-3

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978-88-6969-521-6

Keywords: Palmyra • Paul • Death • St • Mesopotamia • Tertullian • Headscarf • Veil • Maraş • Transsylvania

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