Hijab & the republic : uncovering the French headscarf debate / / Bronwyn Winter

• Autore: Winter Bronwyn <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Syracuse, N.Y. : , : Syracuse University Press, , 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 419 pages)
• 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
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-383) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : why France? -- pt. 1. Contextualizing the debate: A very modern tradition : background to the "new veiling" ; The "cornerstone of the republic" : secularism and the regulation of religion ; French Muslims : between "integration" and "Muslimism" -- pt. 2. A fifteen-year saga: 1989 : three little girls and a great big "psychodrama" ; 1990-1995 : from psychodrama to saga ; 1995-2004 and beyond : how ostentatiousness became conspicuous -- pt. 3. Feminists caught in the contradictions: The politics of hijabization ; Co-optations and instrumentalizations ; Feminist confusions and confrontations -- Conclusion : French lessons for the West? -- Appendix : Chronology.
• Sommario/riassunto: A riveting account of the controversial 2004 French law to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hijab & the republic
• ISBN: 0-8156-5132-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781897903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Gender and globalization.