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" Do Islamic symbols belong in French secular space?: The ban on the headscarf and identity formation among French Muslim girls "
Yasmine Shereen B. Erickson

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	54660
Doc. No	:	TL24614
Call number	:	‭1457872‬
Main Entry	:	Yasmine Shereen
Title & Author	:	Do Islamic symbols belong in French secular space?: The ban on the headscarf and identity formation among French Muslim girls\ Yasmine Shereen
College	:	California State University, Fullerton
Date	:	2008
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2008
Page No	:	55
Abstract	:	In this thesis, I examine the relationship between the French state and its Muslim citizens of North African descent by particularly focusing on the intersection of colonial history with modern events taking place in France. This thesis is based on library research, and uses the seminal works of Edward Said, Frantz Fanon, Gayatri Spivak, and Benedict Anderson as a theoretical framework. I assert that this specific intersection can, on a more general level, illuminate certain aspects of the relationship between Islam and Western nation-states. I narrow the focus of my study to one of many controversial events, the passing of a law by the French government in 2004 that, in part, bans Muslim women from donning the veil in public school or in any other state institution. While this law is justified on the basis that it is intended to preserve laicite (French secularism), I argue that it is instead a consequence of the increasing hostility of France toward the "immigrant" portion of its population.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Cultural anthropology; 0326:Cultural anthropology
Added Entry	:	B. Erickson
Added Entry	:	California State University, Fullerton