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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