Questioning French secularism : gender politics and Islam in a Parisian suburb /

Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book examines how contemporary secularism in France is positioned as a guarantor of Muslim women's rights. Selby analyzes public discourses on secularism in France to consider how Islam becomes subsumed under the fetishized headscarf, how women�...

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Main Author:	Selby, Jennifer A.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2012]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Contemporary anthropology of religion.
Subjects:	Secularism > France. Muslim women > France.