Politics of the Veil Scott Joan Wallach
Politics of the Veil Scott Joan Wallach In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of conspicuous signs of religious affiliation in public schools. Proponents of the law insist it…
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Politics of the Veil Scott Joan Wallach
In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of conspicuous signs of religious affiliation in public schools. Proponents of the law insist it upholds France's values of secular liberalism and regard the headscarf as symbolic of Islam's resistance to modernity. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves.
She examines the long history of racism behind the law as well as the ideological barriers thrown up against Muslim assimilation. The Politics of the Veil is an explosive refutation of this view, one that bears important implications for us all.Joan Wallach 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 emphasizes the conflicting approaches to sexuality that lie at the heart of the
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