Headscarf Politics in Turkey: A Postcolonial Reading

By Merve Kavakçı

This book questions the 'role model' status of the Turkish Republic with respect to the advancement of female agency in a secular context by using the study of women with headscarves as a case in point. Turkey's commitment to modernization depends heavily on secularism which involves, among other things, the westernization of women's appearance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113748473X
• ISBN13: 9781137484734
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"