Fabric-ating the Other: Burqa Controversy from the Perspective of Colonial "Textile Policy"

This paper offers an alternative perspective to the controversial decision of the French government to ban the wearing of the Muslim burqa in public places. This examines diverse symbolic meanings ascribed to clothes during colonial times, and presents the French case as a slightly altered continuat...

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Main Author: Goshadze, Mariam (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2012
In: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Year: 2012, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 103-116
Further subjects:B Clothing Policies
B Burqa Controversy
B France
B Colonization
B Muslim Women
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