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Refugee Women : Beyond Gender versus Culture /

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 co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bassel, Leah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge advances in sociology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Refugee Women Beyond gender versus culture; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; PART I Theoretical perspectives and tools; 2 Changing the subject; 3 Frame making, frame breaking; PART II Politics within; 4 The French 'headscarf debates'; 5 The religious arbitration debate in Ontario, Canada; PART III 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: details of fieldworkNotes; Bibliography; Index.