Liberal feminism and postcolonial difference: Debating headscarves in France, the Netherlands, and Germany
| Autor: | Anna C. Korteweg, Gökçe Yurdakul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Sociology and Political Science
musulman·e·s Postcolonialism (international relations) headscarf Liberal feminism foulard genre Germany Political science gender ddc:310 300 Sozialwissenschaften Muslims 360 Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste Verbände postcolonialism Allemagne Religious studies postcolonialisme The Netherlands Gender studies 310 Sammlungen allgemeiner Statistiken Pays-Bas Pays bas ddc:360 Anthropology ddc:300 France |
| Zdroj: | Social Compass. 68:410-429 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7404 0037-7686 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0037768620974268 |
| Popis: | In this article, we analyze headscarf debates that unfolded in the first decade of the twenty-first century in France, the Netherlands, and Germany. Through a socio-historical overview looking at newspaper articles and policy and legal documents, we show how the headscarf has become a site for negotiating immigrant-related, postcolonial difference. We argue that certain feminist understanding of gender liberation and postcolonial difference in the headscarf debates reveal the continuity of control mechanisms from the colonial to the postcolonial era. We highlight the possibilities for decolonial thought and practice by centering the situatedness of headscarf. This allows us to show how Muslim citizens are active participants in producing contemporary Western European histories even as some of their practices face overt rejection. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin https://doi.org/10.13039/501100006211 |
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