The Politics of the Veil / / Joan Wallach Scott.
In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. Proponents of the law insist it upholds France's values of secular lib...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Public Square ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Headscarf Controversies
- Chapter 2. Racism
- Chapter 3. Secularism
- Chapter 4. Individualism
- Chapter 5. Sexuality
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index