Questioning French Secularism - (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion (Hardcover)) by Jennifer Selby (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in a Parisian suburb, this book examines how contemporary secularism in France is positioned as a guarantor of Muslim women1s rights. Jennifer Selby argues that the complex fetishization of headscarves in public, governmental and feminist French discourses positions publicly-visible religious women in ways that obscure their engagement with laeicitae (French secularism )."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book examines how contemporary secularism in France is positioned as a guarantor of women's rights. Selby argues that the complex "fetishization" of headscarves in public, governmental, and feminist French discourse positions publicly-visible Muslim women in ways that obscure their engagement with laïcité (French secularism).<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A thoughtful ethnography with appeal for researchers, graduate students, and undergraduates ... . Readers in this last category will appreciate the book's accessibility to those new to some of the theoretical discussions within scholarship on Islam, gender, and secularism in Europe. Selby weaves her references to theoretical debates into largely ethnographic prose that non-specialists will find easy to follow. <i>Questioning French Secularism</i> will be of as much interest to those studying migration and the politics of multiculturalism in an increasingly diverse Europe as it will be to readers studying Islam, secularism, North African diaspora, or social scientific approaches to religion more broadly." (Mikaela Rogozen-Soltar, Contemporary Islam, Vol. 8 (2), May, 2014)</p><p>"The Canadian anthropologist Jennifer A. Selby's Questioning French Secularism: Gender Politics and Islam in a Parisian Suburb provides a welcome addition to this literature ... . This book is an ethnographically rich contribution to the anthropological literature on secularism, feminism, and Islam in France, and it deserves a wide readership." (Sindre Bangstad, Religion and Society, Vol. 4 (5), 2014)</p> <p><br></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Jennifer A. Selby</b> is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Memorial University, Canada. She studies Islam in the West, with a focus on secularism and gender politics in contemporary France and Canada.
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