Headscarf Politics in Turkey: A Postcolonial Reading
Description
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.
Keywords
MUSLIM WOMENISLAM AND POLITICSTURKEY_SOCIAL CONDITIONSTURKEY_POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
2010Book
Author(s)Merve Kavakçı
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230106659
LanguageEnglish
