Refugee Women
Beyond Gender Versus Culture
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Gewicht:
331 g
Format:
234x156x12 mm
Beschreibung:
Debates over the headscarf and niqab, so-called 'sharia-tribunals', Female Genital Operations and forced marriages have raged in Europe and North America in recent years, raising the question - does accommodating Islam violate women's rights? The book takes issue with the terms of this debate. It contrasts debates in France over the headscarf and in Canada over religious arbitration with the lived experience of a specific group of Muslim women: Somali refugee women. Breaking from scholarship that focuses on whether the accommodation of culture and religion harms women, Bassel pleads compellingly for a consideration of women in all their complexity, as active participants in democratic life.
Preface. Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives and Tools 2. Changing the Subject 3. Frame Making, Frame Breaking Part 2: Politics Within 4. The French 'Headscarf Debates' 5. The Religious Arbitration Debate in Ontario, Canada Part 3: Politics In Between 6. Confronting the Politics of the Frame in Canada 7. Gender at the Borders in France 8. Race, Class and Gender Hierarchies: Intersecting Challenges and Opportunities 9. Frame Shattering 10. Conclusion. Appendix: Fieldwork