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Autore |
Bassel Leah <1976-, > |
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Titolo |
Refugee women : beyond gender versus culture / / Leah Bassel |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-68233-7 |
9786613659279 |
0-203-83459-3 |
1-136-85056-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 71 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Muslim women |
Women refugees |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Theoretical perspectives and tools -- pt. 2. Politics within -- pt. 3. Politics in between. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Debates over the headscarf and niqab, so-called 'sharia-tribunals', Female Genital Operations and forced marriages have raged in Europe and North America in recent years, raising the question - does accommodating Islam violate women's rights? The book takes issue with the terms of this debate. It contrasts debates in France over the headscarf and in Canada over religious arbitration with the lived experience of a specific group of Muslim women: Somali refugee women. The challenges these women eloquently describe first-hand demonstrate that the fray over accommodating culture and religion ne |
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