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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786411003321

Autore

Korteweg Anna

Titolo

Headscarf Debates [[electronic resource] ] : Conflicts of National Belonging

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2014

ISBN

0-8047-9116-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

YurdakulGökçe

Disciplina

391.4/3082091767

Soggetti

Citizenship -- Cross-cultural studies

Hijab (Islamic clothing) -- Political aspects -- Cross-cultural studies

Muslim women -- Clothing -- Political aspects -- Cross-cultural studies

National characteristics -- Political aspects -- Cross-cultural studies

Hijab (Islamic clothing) - Political aspects

Muslim women - Political aspects - Clothing

Citizenship - Political aspects

National characteristics

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Islam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Feeling at Home in the Nation -- 2. Rejecting the Headscarf in France -- 3. Reinventing the Headscarf in Turkey -- 4. Tolerating the Headscarf in the Netherlands -- 5. Negotiating the Headscarf in Germany -- 6. Retelling National Narratives -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The headscarf is an increasingly contentious symbol in countries across the world. Those who don the headscarf in Germany are referred to as ""integration-refusers."" In Turkey, support by and for headscarf-wearing women allowed a religious party to gain political power in a strictly secular state. A niqab-wearing Muslim woman was denied



French citizenship for not conforming to national values. And in the Netherlands, Muslim women responded to the hatred of popular ultra-right politicians with public appeals that mixed headscarves with in-your-face humor. In a surprising way, the headscarf-a g