LEADER 04454nam 2200829 a 450 001 9910817544803321 005 20230818220508.0 010 $a1-282-96471-2 010 $a9786612964718 010 $a1-4008-3756-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400837564 035 $a(CKB)2670000000067555 035 $a(EBL)646749 035 $a(OCoLC)705535773 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474451 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12187576 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474451 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10454108 035 $a(PQKB)10344846 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000545398 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11335589 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000545398 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10559648 035 $a(PQKB)10881009 035 $a(OCoLC)708254094 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43114 035 $a(DE-B1597)453582 035 $a(OCoLC)979749690 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400837564 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL646749 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10442056 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL296471 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC646749 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000067555 100 $a20060216d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhy the French don't like headscarves $eIslam, the State, and public space /$fJohn R. Bowen 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (302 pages) 311 0 $a0-691-12506-6 311 0 $a0-691-13839-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aState and religion in the long run -- Remembering lai?cite? -- Regulating Islam -- Publicity and politics, 1989-2005 -- Scarves and schools -- Moving toward a law -- Repercussions -- Philosophy, media, anxiety -- Communalism -- Islamism -- Sexism -- Conclusions. 330 $aThe French government's 2004 decision to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools puzzled many observers, both because it seemed to infringe needlessly on religious freedom, and because it was hailed by many in France as an answer to a surprisingly wide range of social ills, from violence against females in poor suburbs to anti-Semitism. Why the French Don't Like Headscarves explains why headscarves on schoolgirls caused such a furor, and why the furor yielded this law. Making sense of the dramatic debate from his perspective as an American anthropologist in France at the time, John Bowen writes about everyday life and public events while also presenting interviews with officials and intellectuals, and analyzing French television programs and other media. Bowen argues that the focus on headscarves came from a century-old sensitivity to the public presence of religion in schools, feared links between public expressions of Islamic identity and radical Islam, and a media-driven frenzy that built support for a headscarf ban during 2003-2004. Although the defense of laïcité (secularity) was cited as the law's major justification, politicians, intellectuals, and the media linked the scarves to more concrete social anxieties--about "communalism," political Islam, and violence toward women. Written in engaging, jargon-free prose, Why the French Don't Like Headscarves is the first comprehensive and objective analysis of this subject, in any language, and it speaks to tensions between assimilation and diversity that extend well beyond France's borders. 606 $aHijab (Islamic clothing)$zFrance 606 $aVeils$xSocial aspects$zFrance 606 $aMuslim women$xClothing$zFrance 606 $aClothing and dress$xReligious aspects$xIslam 606 $aClothing and dress$xPolitical aspects$zFrance 606 $aIslam and secularism$zFrance 607 $aFrance$xRace relations 615 0$aHijab (Islamic clothing) 615 0$aVeils$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMuslim women$xClothing 615 0$aClothing and dress$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 615 0$aClothing and dress$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aIslam and secularism 676 $a391.4/30944 686 $aBE 8660$2rvk 700 $aBowen$b John Richard$f1951-$01603980 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817544803321 996 $aWhy the French don't like headscarves$94043610 997 $aUNINA