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Why the French don't like headscarves [[electronic resource] ] : Islam, the State, and public space / / John R. Bowen



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Autore: Bowen John Richard <1951-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Why the French don't like headscarves [[electronic resource] ] : Islam, the State, and public space / / John R. Bowen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2007
Edizione: Course Book
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
Disciplina: 391.4/30944
Soggetto topico: Hijab (Islamic clothing) - France
Veils - Social aspects - France
Muslim women - Clothing - France
Clothing and dress - Religious aspects - Islam
Clothing and dress - Political aspects - France
Islam and secularism - France
Soggetto geografico: France Race relations
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Classificazione: BE 8660
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: State and religion in the long run -- Remembering laïcité -- Regulating Islam -- Publicity and politics, 1989-2005 -- Scarves and schools -- Moving toward a law -- Repercussions -- Philosophy, media, anxiety -- Communalism -- Islamism -- Sexism -- Conclusions.
Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Why the French don't like headscarves  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-96471-2
9786612964718
1-4008-3756-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910460105703321
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