@article{470589,
      recid = {470589},
      author = {Scott, Joan Wallach.},
      title = {The politics of the veil [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Princeton University Press,},
      address = {Princeton, N.J. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xii, 208 p.) :},
      year = {2007},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/470589},
}