Islamic veiling in legal discourse / / Anastasia Vakulenko

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462414303321
• Autore: Vakulenko Anastasia
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon [U.K.] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-60685-2; 9786613919304; 1-136-30459-2; 0-203-11759-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.01/34
• Soggetti: Clothing and dress - Religious aspects - Islam; Hijab (Islamic clothing); Muslim women - Clothing; Muslim women - Conduct of life; Purdah; Sex discrimination; Veils - Religious aspects - Islam; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A GlassHouse book"--Cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Islamic Veiling in Legal Discourse; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Islamic veiling in legal discourse: an introduction; 1 'Islamic veiling'; 2 The approach of the book; 3 The book's critical method; 4 Islamic veiling and 'legal discourse'; 5 Structure of the book; Chapter 2 Islamic veiling restrictions: an overview; 1 France; 2 United Kingdom; 3 Germany; 4 The Netherlands; 5 Norway; 6 European Court of Human Rights; 7 United Nations; 8 Concluding remarks; Chapter 3 Autonomy and choice; 1 Islamic veiling as a lack of autonomy and choice; 2 Islamic veiling as a positive choice; 3 What is wrong with autonomy and choice?4 Towards a different view of religious agency; 5 Concluding remarks; Chapter 4 Gender equality; 1 Islamic veiling as subordination of women; 2 Islamic veiling as emancipation of women; 3 What is wrong with the gender equality ; argument?; 4 Why gender equality at all?; 5 Concluding remarks; Chapter 5 Religion and secularism; 1 Islamic veiling as dangerous Islamic radicalism; 2 Islamic veiling as a legitimate exercise of freedom of religion; 3 How is freedom of religion understood in law?; 4 What is wrong with the secular view(s) of religion?; 5 Concluding remarksBibliography; Table of legislation and international instruments; Table of cases; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Islamic Veiling in Legal Discourse looks at relevant law and surrounding discourses in order to examine the assumptions and limits of the debates around the issue of Islamic veiling that has become so topical in recent years. For some, Islamic veiling indicates a lack of autonomy, the oppression of women and the threat of Islamic radicalism to western secular values. For others, it suggests a positive autonomous choice, a new kind of gender equality and a legitimate exercise of one's freedom of religion - a treasured right in democratic societies. This book finds that, across seemi