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Hijab & the republic : uncovering the French headscarf debate /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winter, Bronwyn, 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Gender and globalization.
Subjects:
Islam and secularism > France.
Clothing and dress > Political aspects > France.
Clothing and dress > Religious aspects > Islam.
Muslim women > Clothing > France.
Veils > Social aspects > France.
Hijab (Islamic clothing) > France.
France > Race relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: why France?
  • Contextualizing the debate. A very modern tradition: background to the "new veiling"
  • The "cornerstone of the republic": secularism and the regulation of religion
  • French Muslims: between "integration" and "Muslimism"
  • A fifteen-year saga. 1989: three little girls and a great big "psychodrama"
  • 1990-1995: from psychodrama to saga
  • 1995-2004 and beyond: how ostentatiousness became conspicuous
  • Feminists caught in the contradictions. The politics of hijabization
  • Co-optations and instrumentalizations
  • Feminist confusions and confrontations
  • Conclusion: French lessons for the West?
  • Appendix: Chronology.