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Author Winter, Bronwyn, 1955- author.

Title Hijab & the republic : uncovering the French headscarf debate / Bronwyn Winter
Edition 1st ed
Published Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 419 pages)
Series Gender and globalization
Gender and globalization.
Contents Introduction : why France? -- pt. 1. 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" -- pt. 2. 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 -- pt. 3. 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
Summary A riveting account of the controversial 2004 French law to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools
Analysis Clothing and dress Political aspects France
Clothing and dress Religious aspects Islam
France Race relations
Hijab (Islamic clothing) France
Islam and secularism France
Muslim women Clothing France
Veils Social aspects France
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-383) and index
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Subject Hijab (Islamic clothing) -- France
Veils -- Social aspects -- France
Muslim women -- Clothing -- France
Clothing and dress -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Clothing and dress -- Political aspects -- France
Islam and secularism -- France
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming.
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
Clothing and dress -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Hijab (Islamic clothing)
Islam and secularism
Muslim women -- Clothing
Race relations
Veils -- Social aspects
Hoofdbedekking.
Islam.
Vrouwen.
Politieke aspecten.
Kopftuch
Debatte
Muslimin
SUBJECT France -- Race relations
Subject France
Frankrijk.
Frankreich
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008038003
ISBN 9780815651321
0815651325
Other Titles Hijab and the republic