Headscarf Politics in Turkey [electronic resource] : A Postcolonial Reading /
Islam, Merve Kavakci.author.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Foreword--John Esposito * Chronology of Significant Events * Introduction * Women in Nation Building * Politics of Religion (1938-2000s) * Social and Political Implications of the Ban on Headscarvf * In Search for Education, Employment, and More * Conclusion *Afterword--Lord Eric Avebury.
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.
Religion and sociology.
Ethnology-Middle East .
Middle East-Politics and governm.
Political science.
Sociology, general.
Sociology of Religion.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Political Science.
Social Aspects of Religion.