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Author Winter, Bronwyn, 1955-

Title Hijab & the republic [electronic resource] : uncovering the French headscarf debate / Bronwyn Winter.

Imprint Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xii, 419 p.
Series Gender and globalization
Gender and globalization.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-383) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title Hijab and the republic
ISBN 081563174X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815631996 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815631995 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780815631743
9780815651321 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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