Format:
X, 290 S.
ISBN:
9780691125060
,
0691125066
Content:
"The French government's 2004 decision to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools puzzled many observers, both because it seemed to infringe needlessly on religious freedom, and because it was hailed by many in France as an answer to a surprisingly wide range of social ills, from violence against females in poor suburbs to anti-Semitism. Why the French Don't Like Headscarves explains why headscarves on schoolgirls caused such a furor, and why the furor yielded this law. Making sense of the dramatic debate from his perspective as an American anthropologist in France at the time, John Bowen writes about everyday life and public events while also presenting interviews with officials and intellectuals, and analyzing French television programs and other media."--BOOK JACKET.
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Frankreich
;
Kopftuch
;
Schleier
;
Islam
;
Kleidung
;
Religion
;
Politik
;
Laizismus
URL:
Table of contents only
Author information:
Bowen, John Richard 1951-
