ISBN:
9781107058309
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (324 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Parallel Title:
Print version The Experiences of Face Veil Wearers in Europe and the Law
DDC:
342.408/52975674
Keywords:
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Abstract:
This book studies the experiences of face veil wearers in Europe and examines the ramifications of the empirical findings for legislative agendas
Abstract:
Studies the experiences of face veil wearers in Europe and examines the ramifications of the empirical findings for legislative agendas
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction to the volume ; Part IWearing the face veil in Europe; 2 Face veiling in the Netherlands: public debates and women's narratives ; 3 Niqabis in Denmark: when politicians ask for a qualitative and quantitative profile of a very small and elusive subculture ; 4 The Belgian 'burqa ban' confronted with insider realities ; 5 France vs. England ; Part IIDebating the face veil; 6 Insider perspectives and the human rights debate on face veil bans
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Symptomatic symbolism: banning the face veil 'as a symbol' 8 Bas les masques! Unveiling Muslim women on behalf of the protection of public order: reflections on the legal controversies around a novel definition of 'public order' used to ban full-face covering in France ; 9 Islamic veil bans: the gender equality justification and empirical evidence ; 10 Women's oppression and face-veil bans: a feminist assessment ; 11 The return of a persecuting society? Criminalizing facial veils in Europe ; 12 Asserting state sovereignty: the face-veil ban in Belgium
Description / Table of Contents:
13 The performativity of face-veil controversies in Europe 14 Proscribing unveiling - law: a chimera and an instrument in the political agenda ; Index
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