Changing Veils: Women and Modernisation in North Yemen

by Carla Makhlouf

In Yemen, where current poverty is combined with a rich cultural heritage, the distinctions between the traditional and the modern are particularly difficult.

First published in 1979, this is a study of social change as experienced and perceived by the women of San'a, the capital city of North Yemen. It presents a synthesised view of the process of change rather than focusing on the issues of exploitation and emancipation, and draws upon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138696641
• ISBN13: 9781138696648
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.6"