introduction: The hijab / Umme Al-wazedi and Afrin Zeenat
Part 1. Beyond orientalism and colonialism : the lasting influence of the colonial gaze
Manipulations of the veil in Victorian imaginings of The 1001 nights / Michael James Lundell
Unveiling the colonial blind spot in The Battle of Algiers / Abdullah A. Hasan
Roots and routes of the veil in the Maghreb / Rachida Yassine
Part 2. Immigrant women and the veil in fiction : patriarchy, negotiations, and agency
Fictionizing the veil : patriarchy, matriarchy, and jihad in Fadia Faqir's Willow trees don't weep / Dallel Sarnou
Part 3. Television and the veil : reinforcement of the veil
Veiling and ideology : the Islamic State's use of Iranian TV series to propagate its gender ideals through veiling / Cherie Taraghi
Part 4. Cinema and the veil : dismantling the master narrative
Representations of veiling in Bollywood cinema / Nishat Haider
Veiled anxieties in Mani Ratnam's Bombay / Afrin Zeenat
Part 5. Toward a new discourse : Who creates the image?
The enduring controversy over veiling in western Europe today / Sahar Amer and Martine Antle
The veil in public space : critique, participation, citizenship / Joseph L. V. Donica.