Headscarf Debates : Conflicts of National Belonging

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Korteweg, Anna.

Contributor:

• Yurdakul, Gökçe.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• 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.
• Muslim women--Political aspects--Clothing--Cross-cultural studies.
• Citizenship--Political aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
• National characteristics--Cross-cultural studies.

Local Subjects:

• 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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

• 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

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

• 9780804791168
• 0804791163

OCLC:

1198931619