The niqab in France : between piety and subversion / Agnes De Feo ; translated by Lindsay Turner.
Féo, Agnès de, author.; Turner, Lindsay, translator.
2024
BP190.5.H44 F4613 2024
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Title The niqab in France : between piety and subversion / Agnes De Feo ; translated by Lindsay Turner.
Author Féo, Agnès de, author.
Uniform Title Derrière le niqab. English
ISBN 9781531504656 electronic book
1531504655 electronic book
1531504663 electronic book
9781531504663 electronic book
Published New York : Fordham University Press, 2024.
Copyright ©2024
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Call Number BP190.5.H44 F4613 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification 297.5/76
Summary An intimate look at a fiercely controversial topic in contemporary Western culture and politics: a garment--the niqab, or full-face veil--and the women who choose to wear it.
Note Translated from the French.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 08, 2024).
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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface to the English-Language Edition
A Note on Terminology
Part I
Introduction
The Sociology of Niqab Wearers
The Niqab and the Other
A Reaction to the Ban
Conclusion
Part II
16 Portraits of Women Wearing the Niqab
Earlier Wearers (Before 2009)
Neo-Niqab Wearers (After 2009)
The Niqab: Refuting Common Ideas
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography and Filmography

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