1st Edition

Islamic Veiling in Legal Discourse

By Anastasia Vakulenko Copyright 2012
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Islamic Veiling in Legal Discourse looks at relevant law and surrounding discourses in order to examine the assumptions and limits of the debates around the issue of Islamic veiling that has become so topical in recent years. For some, Islamic veiling indicates a lack of autonomy, the oppression of women and the threat of Islamic radicalism to western secular values. For others, it suggests a... Read more

Chapter 1: Islamic Veiling in Focus  Chapter 2: Islamic Veiling: Legal Developments  Chapter 3: Autonomy and Choice  Chapter 4: Gender Equality  Chapter 5: Religion and Secularism

Biography

Anastasia Vakulenko is a lecturer in law at the University of Birmingham.