Book contents
- The experiences of face veil wearers in Europe and the law
- Series page
- The experiences of face veil wearers in Europe and the law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction to the volume
- Part I Wearing the face veil in Europe
- Part II Debating the face veil
- 6 Insider perspectives and thehuman rights debate on face veil bans
- 7 Symptomaticsymbolism: banning the face veil ‘as a symbol’
- 8 Bas les masques!Unveiling Muslim women on behalf of the protection of public order:reflections on the legal controversies around a novel definition of ‘public order’ used to ban full-face covering in France
- 9 Islamic veil bans: thegender equality justification and empirical evidence
- 10 Women’s oppression and face-veil bans: afeminist assessment
- 11 The return of a persecuting society? Criminalizing facial veils in Europe
- 12 Assertingstate sovereignty: the face-veil ban in Belgium
- 13 The performativity of face-veil controversiesin Europe
- 14 Proscribing unveiling – law: a chimera and an instrument in the political agenda
- Index
7 - Symptomaticsymbolism: banning the face veil ‘as a symbol’
from Part II - Debating the face veil
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2014
- The experiences of face veil wearers in Europe and the law
- Series page
- The experiences of face veil wearers in Europe and the law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction to the volume
- Part I Wearing the face veil in Europe
- Part II Debating the face veil
- 6 Insider perspectives and thehuman rights debate on face veil bans
- 7 Symptomaticsymbolism: banning the face veil ‘as a symbol’
- 8 Bas les masques!Unveiling Muslim women on behalf of the protection of public order:reflections on the legal controversies around a novel definition of ‘public order’ used to ban full-face covering in France
- 9 Islamic veil bans: thegender equality justification and empirical evidence
- 10 Women’s oppression and face-veil bans: afeminist assessment
- 11 The return of a persecuting society? Criminalizing facial veils in Europe
- 12 Assertingstate sovereignty: the face-veil ban in Belgium
- 13 The performativity of face-veil controversiesin Europe
- 14 Proscribing unveiling – law: a chimera and an instrument in the political agenda
- Index
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- The Experiences of Face Veil Wearers in Europe and the Law , pp. 184 - 193Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014
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