Winter, Bronwyn, 1955-

Hijab & the republic uncovering the French headscarf debate / [electronic resource] : Hijab and the republic Bronwyn Winter. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008. - xii, 419 p. - Gender and globalization . - Gender and globalization. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-383) and index.

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.


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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.


France--Race relations.


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GT2112 / .W56 2008eb

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