Headscarf Debates: Conflicts of National Belonging

Author/Contributor(s):	Korteweg, Anna C
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Date:	06/18/2014
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Explores how the headscarf has become a political symbol used to reaffirm or transform national stories of belonging. Anna Korteweg and Gökçe Yurdakul juxtapose current cultural and political debates and interviews with social activists in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Turkey to chart how the headscarf can reaffirm old or produce new national identities.