Questioning French Secularism Gender Politics and Islam in a Parisia
Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book examines how contemporary secularism in France is positioned as a guarantor of women’s rights. Selby argues that the complex “fetishization” of headscarves in public, governmental, and feminist French d
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Questioning French Secularism Gender Politics and Islam in a Parisian Suburb Jennifer A. Selby
QUESTIONING FRENCH SECULARISM
Copyright © Jennifer A. Selby, 2012. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978-0-230-12101-0 All rights reserved. First published in 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-58540-3 ISBN 978-1-137-01132-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-01132-9
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: February 2012
For Wayne and Susan Selby
Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Chapter 1 Setting the Scene: Place and Method
1
Chapter 2 “Hardly Paradise”: From Shantytown to Housing Projects
29
Chapter 3 The Shifting Boundaries of Laïcité
71
Chapter 4 Feminism, Femininity, and Laïcité
99
Chapter 5 Marriage Partner Preference
135
Chapter 6 On Being a Visibly Religious Muslim Woman: Piety and Polity in France
169
Appendix
179
Notes
181
Bibliography
203
Index
235
Illustrations
Figures 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.2 4.1
The bidonville of Petit Nanterre with the Renault car factory in the background Children of Portuguese origin preparing for school in the shantytown Family preparing mint tea in the shantytown Okba Mosque on Rue de la République Mosque
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