TY  - BOOK
AU  - Winter,Bronwyn
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Hijab & the republic: uncovering the French headscarf debate 
T2  - Gender and globalization
AV  - GT2112 .W56 2008eb
U1  - 391.4/30944 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Syracuse, N.Y.
PB  - Syracuse University Press
KW  - Hijab (Islamic clothing)
KW  - France
KW  - Veils
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Muslim women
KW  - Clothing
KW  - Clothing and dress
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Islam and secularism
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10493617
ER  -