Un-Veiling Dichotomies: European Secularism and Women's Veiling

by Giorgia Baldi

Book Overview

This book analyzes the implication of secular/liberal values in Western and human rights law and its impact on Muslim women. It offers an innovative reading of the tension between the religious and secular spheres. The author does not view the two as binary opposites. Rather, she believes they are twin categories that define specific forms of lives as well as a specific notion of womanhood. This divergence from the usual dichotomy opens the doors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030792994
• ISBN13: 9783030792992
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"