ISL 372 Chapter Notes - Chapter 30: Paranja, Hijab, Net.
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Veiling and unveiling in central asia: beliefs and practices, tradition and modernity: Among the central asian muslim cultures that became subject to russian imperial control in the late nineteenth century, women who belonged to farming and urban communities covered their body, head, and faces when they were outside the home. Veiling largely disappeared during the soviet period, but after the central asian republics became independent in 1991, many central asian women began practicing new forms of veiling. Until the late 1920s, hijab implied a complex of practices, including that a woman seclude herself in private spaces of the home, and that she wear a veil when staying at home was not possible. Paranji long head to toe, veiling robe. Although there is little direct evidence regarding how central asian women thought about the para(cid:374)ji, o(cid:374)e (cid:373)ale s(cid:272)hool tea(cid:272)her(cid:859)s (cid:1005)9(cid:1004)7 letter to a (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:374)e(cid:449)spaper (cid:373)ade (cid:272)lear that (cid:448)eili(cid:374)g was subject to social discussion.
