Why the French Don't Like Headscarves : : Islam, the State, and Public Space / / John R. Bowen.
The French government's 2004 decision to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools puzzled many observers, both because it seemed to infringe needlessly on religious freedom, and because it was hailed by many in France as an answer to a surprisingly wide range of soc...
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Bowen, John R., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Why the French Don't Like Headscarves : Islam, the State, and Public Space / John R. Bowen. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2010] ©2006 1 online resource (304 p.) : 6 halftones. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- ONE. Introduction -- Part 1. State and Religion in the Long Run -- TWO. Remembering Laïcité -- THREE. Regulating Islam -- Part 2. Publicity and Politics, 1989-2005 -- FOUR. Scarves and Schools -- FIVE. Moving toward a Law -- SIX. Repercussions -- Part 3. Philosophy, Media, Anxiety -- SEVEN. Communalism -- EIGHT. Islamism -- NINE. Sexism -- TEN. Conclusions -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The French government's 2004 decision to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools puzzled many observers, both because it seemed to infringe needlessly on religious freedom, and because it was hailed by many in France as an answer to a surprisingly wide range of social ills, from violence against females in poor suburbs to anti-Semitism. Why the French Don't Like Headscarves explains why headscarves on schoolgirls caused such a furor, and why the furor yielded this law. Making sense of the dramatic debate from his perspective as an American anthropologist in France at the time, John Bowen writes about everyday life and public events while also presenting interviews with officials and intellectuals, and analyzing French television programs and other media. Bowen argues that the focus on headscarves came from a century-old sensitivity to the public presence of religion in schools, feared links between public expressions of Islamic identity and radical Islam, and a media-driven frenzy that built support for a headscarf ban during 2003-2004. Although the defense of laïcité (secularity) was cited as the law's major justification, politicians, intellectuals, and the media linked the scarves to more concrete social anxieties--about "communalism," political Islam, and violence toward women. Written in engaging, jargon-free prose, Why the French Don't Like Headscarves is the first comprehensive and objective analysis of this subject, in any language, and it speaks to tensions between assimilation and diversity that extend well beyond France's borders. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Clothing and dress Political aspects France. Clothing and dress Religious aspects Islam. Hijab (Islamic clothing) France. Islam and secularism France. Muslim women Clothing France. Veils Social aspects France. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691125060 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400837564 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400837564 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400837564.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- ONE. Introduction -- Part 1. State and Religion in the Long Run -- TWO. Remembering Laïcité -- THREE. Regulating Islam -- Part 2. Publicity and Politics, 1989-2005 -- FOUR. Scarves and Schools -- FIVE. Moving toward a Law -- SIX. Repercussions -- Part 3. Philosophy, Media, Anxiety -- SEVEN. Communalism -- EIGHT. Islamism -- NINE. Sexism -- TEN. Conclusions -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
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