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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winter, Bronwyn, 1955-

Series:

Gender and globalization.

Gender and globalization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hijab (Islamic clothing)--France.

Hijab (Islamic clothing).

Veils--Social aspects--France.

Veils.

Muslim women--Clothing--France.

Muslim women.

Clothing and dress--Religious aspects--Islam.

Clothing and dress.

Clothing and dress--Political aspects--France.

Islam and secularism--France.

Islam and secularism.

France--Race relations.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 419 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Hijab and the republic

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A riveting account of the controversial 2004 French law to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

9780815651321

0815651325

OCLC:

759158754

Publisher Number:

2027/heb34603 hdl