Politics of the Veil

Name: Politics of the Veil
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ISBN: 9780691147987

ISBN-10: 0691147981

ISBN-13: 9780691147987

Edition: 2007

Authors: Joan Wallach Scott

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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 liberalism and regard the headscarf as symbolic of Islam's resistance to modernity.The Politics of the Veilis an explosive refutation of this view, one that bears important implications for us all. Joan Wallach Scott, the renowned pioneer of gender studies, argues that the law is symptomatic of France's failure to integrate its former colonial subjects as full citizens. She examines the long history of racism…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 9/3/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.50" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English