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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461905303321

Autore

Bassel Leah <1976-, >

Titolo

Refugee women : beyond gender versus culture / / Leah Bassel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-68233-7

9786613659279

0-203-83459-3

1-136-85056-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 71

Disciplina

305.48/697

Soggetti

Muslim women

Women refugees

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Theoretical perspectives and tools -- pt. 2. Politics within -- pt. 3. Politics in between.

Sommario/riassunto

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