"This original new work is the fascinating result of sociologist and documentary filmmaker Agnès De Féo’s ten-year exploration of the phenomenon of niqab wearing. It is at once a groundbreaking study and a series of compelling first-person accounts from French and Francophone women who wear or...

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1. Verfasser:	Féo, Agnès de 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Turner, Lindsay (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Fordham University Press 2024
Schlagworte:	Soziale Situation Muslimin Burka Frau Frankreich Burqas (Islamic clothing) / Social aspects / France Muslim women / France Muslim women / Clothing / France Freedom of religion / France Religion and sociology / France Burkhas / Aspect social / France Musulmanes / France Musulmanes / Costume / France Liberté religieuse / France Sociologie religieuse / France Interviews
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Zusammenfassung:	"This original new work is the fascinating result of sociologist and documentary filmmaker Agnès De Féo’s ten-year exploration of the phenomenon of niqab wearing. It is at once a groundbreaking study and a series of compelling first-person accounts from French and Francophone women who wear or have worn the niqab in France’s Salafi communities. With the backdrop of the French government’s 2010 ban on full facial veiling in public spaces, which itself has shaped the phenomenon, De Féo draws on her subjects’ own words to show their agency, working against the clichés that often underlie public views of the niqab that it is purely the result of masculine pressure, for example, or extreme religiosity or nationalism, or the submissive desire to disappear. Instead, she shows, the niqab is multivalent: women wear it for reasons that range from religious piety to the desire to rebel against mainstream society, family, or the rule of law. The reasons are complex, overdetermined, contradictory, or even inconsistent, but they are the women’s own. Despite being worn only by a small minority of Muslim women, the Islamic garment has nonetheless been a major source of intense political, religious, and cultural debate in France. Searching to understand, rather than speculate, De Féo chose to approach the people who wear the niqab, and to make them, rather the veil itself, the subject of her research. Her unprecedented study, based on more than 200 interviews, reveals the many factors -- social, political, geopolitical, and psychological underpinning a personal choice that is not always as religious as it seems. The book ends with sixteen captivating interviews giving voice to stories rarely heard. With finesse and discernment, the author debunks the myths surrounding the wearing of the niqab [...]."
Beschreibung:	xiii, 173 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:	9781531504649 9781531504632