LEADER 04535cam 2200577 i 4500001 on1370487406 003 OCoLC 005 20240330140719.7 008 240320s2024 nyua e bq 000 0 eng d 010 2023288449 040 YDX |beng |erda |cDLC |dDPL |dMNJ |dKLG |dYDX |dOCLCO 019 1370487983 020 9781531504632 |q(hardcover) 020 1531504639 020 9781531504649 |q(paperback) 020 1531504647 035 40032225468 035 (OCoLC)1370487406 |z(OCoLC)1370487983 042 lccopycat 043 e-fr--- 050 00 HQ1170 |b.F464 2024 082 04 297.576 |223 100 1 Féo, Agnès de, |eauthor. 245 14 The niqab in France : |bbetween piety and subversion / |cAgnés De Féo ; translated by Lindsay Turner. 264 1 New York : |bFordham University Press, |c[2024] 300 xiii, 173 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographic references (pages 171-173) and filmography. 505 0 Part I. The sociology of niqab wearers -- The niqab and the other -- A reaction to the ban ; Part II. 16 portraits of women wearing the niqab -- Earlier wearers (before 2009) -- Neo-niqab wearers (after 2009) -- The niqab: refuting common ideas. 520 "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, and sheds light on a practice subject to misunderstanding and prejudice, offering the reader unique insight. Challenging our preconceived notions and stereotypes about women who wear any form of Islamic apparel, but particularly the niqab, The Niqab in France introduces a group of women each with her own life story, her own share of personal struggles, aspirations, and desires, and her own claim to a certain place in society." -- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Muslim women |xClothing |zFrance. 650 0 Burqas (Islamic clothing) |xSocial aspects |zFrance. 650 0 Freedom of religion |zFrance. 650 0 Religion and sociology |zFrance. 650 0 Muslim women |zFrance. 650 6 Burkhas |xAspect social |zFrance. 650 6 Musulmanes |zFrance. 650 6 Musulmanes |xCostume |zFrance. 650 6 Liberté religieuse |zFrance. 650 6 Sociologie religieuse |zFrance. 655 7 interviews. |2aat 655 7 Interviews. |2lcgft 655 7 Interviews. |2rvmgf 700 1 Turner, Lindsay, |etranslator. 949 |i30372017726834 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s110.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 6364143