Questioning French Secularism : Gender Politics and Islam in a Parisian Suburb

Name: Questioning French Secularism
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
SKU: 9781349585403
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ISBN: 9781349585403

1st ed. 2012

by Jennifer Selby

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Contemporary Anthropology of Religion

ISBN-10 1349585408

ISBN-13 9781349585403

Edition 1st ed. 2012

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 26th, 2016

Print length 247 Pages

Product Classification: Social & political philosophy Religion: general Social groups: religious groups and communities Religious groups: social & cultural aspects Sociology Sociology: customs & traditions Anthropology Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social and cultural anthropology Social and political philosophy Religion: general

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Selby argues that the complex “fetishization” of headscarves in public, governmental, and feminist French discourse positions publicly-visible Muslim women in ways that obscure their engagement with laïcité (French secularism).

Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book examines how contemporary secularism in France is positioned as a guarantor of women’s rights. Selby argues that the complex “fetishization” of headscarves in public, governmental, and feminist French discourse positions publicly-visible Muslim women in ways that obscure their engagement with laïcité (French secularism).

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