Pub. date: 2009 | Online Pub. Date: January 26, 2008 | DOI:
10.4135/9781412964517 | Print ISBN: 9781412909167 | Online ISBN:
9781412964517| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.About this
encyclopedia Diederik Floris Janssen Veiling loosely refers to
the worldwide variety of dress codes and styles associated with
shielding portions of the body from view, particularly the upper
body, scalp hair, and/or face. Veiling signals both difference
and affiliation, variably and often simultaneously, over
religious, cultural, generational, sexed, gendered, class,
historical-political, and (consequently) personal lines. The
relationship between gender and veiling has received much
attention in recent decades but remains an important source of
disagreement among feminists, scholars, and politicians. This
entry provides a brief overview of the history of veiling and
discusses some of the responses from feminist and gender
scholars. The spatial and temporal regimentation of veiling,
unveiling, and nonveiling has at times been r