The politics of the veil [electronic resource] / Joan Wallach Scott.
Scott, Joan Wallach.
2007
DC34.5.M87 S36 2007eb
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Title The politics of the veil [electronic resource] / Joan Wallach Scott.
Author Scott, Joan Wallach.
ISBN 9781400827893 (electronic bk.)
9780691125435
0691125430
Imprint Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 208 p.) : ill.
Call Number DC34.5.M87 S36 2007eb
Alternate Call Number 89.41
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.6/970944
Summary 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 behind the law as well as the ideological barriers thrown up against Muslim assimilation. She emphasizes the conflicting approaches to sexuality that lie at the heart of the debate--how French supporters of the ban view sexual openness as the standard for normalcy, emancipation, and individuality, and the sexual modesty implicit in the headscarf as proof that Muslims can never become fully French. Scott maintains that the law, far from reconciling religious and ethnic differences, only exacerbates them. She shows how the insistence on homogeneity is no longer feasible for France--or the West in general--and how it creates the very "clash of civilizations" said to be at the root of these tensions. The Politics of the Veil calls for a new vision of community where common ground is found amid our differences, and where the embracing of diversity--not its suppression--is recognized as the best path to social harmony." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2007013953-d.html.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-197) and index.
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Series Public square (Princeton, N.J.)
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Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Headscarf controversies
Racism
Secularism
Individualism
Sexuality
Conclusion
Notes
Index.

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