Hijab & the republic uncovering the French headscarf debate - Winter, Bronwyn 1955- (Syracuse, NY Syracuse Univ. Press, 2008)
Introduction: why France? -- 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" -- 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 -- 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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-383) and index
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Keywords: 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