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

By:

Winter, Bronwyn, 1955-

Contributor(s):

ebrary, Inc

Series: Gender and globalizationPublication details: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 419 pOther title:

Hijab and the republic

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Electronic books.

DDC classification:

391.4/30944 22

LOC classification:

GT2112 .W56 2008eb

Online resources:

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

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.

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

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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