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

• Autore: Korteweg Anna
• Pubblicazione: Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 391.4/3082091767
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: YurdakulGökçe
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Headscarf Debates
• ISBN: 0-8047-9116-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826918903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II