Headscarf Politics in Turkey : A Postcolonial Reading /

This book questions the 'role model' status of the Turkish Republic with respect to the advancement of female agency in a secular context by using the study of women with headscarves as a case in point. Turkey's commitment to modernization depends heavily on secularism which involves,...

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Main Author:	Islam, Merve Kavakçı (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:	Social Sciences. Middle Eastern Culture. Middle Eastern Politics. Political Science. Social Aspects of Religion. Sociology of Religion. Sociology, general. Ethnology > Middle East. Political science. Religion and sociology. Social sciences. Sociology. Middle East > Politics and government. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book