Headscarf Politics in Turkey: A Postcolonial Reading

Islam, M. Kavakci

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-11-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230106659

DOI: 10.1057/9780230113947

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 200