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Questioning French Secularism

Questioning French Secularism
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9781137011329
ISBN-13 : 1137011327
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Book Synopsis Questioning French Secularism by : Jennifer Selby

Download or read book Questioning French Secularism written by Jennifer Selby and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-06 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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