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“A thoughtful ethnography with appeal for researchers, graduate students, and undergraduates ... . Readers in this last category will appreciate the book's accessibility to those new to some of the theoretical discussions within scholarship on Islam, gender, and secularism in Europe. Selby weaves her references to theoretical debates into largely ethnographic prose that non-specialists will find easy to follow. Questioning French Secularism will be of as much interest to those studying migration and the politics of multiculturalism in an increasingly diverse Europe as it will be to readers studying Islam, secularism, North African diaspora, or social scientific approaches to religion more broadly.” (Mikaela Rogozen-Soltar, Contemporary Islam, Vol. 8 (2), May, 2014)
“The Canadian anthropologist Jennifer A. Selby’s Questioning French Secularism: Gender Politics and Islam in a Parisian Suburb provides a welcome addition to this literature … . This book is an ethnographically rich contribution to the anthropological literature on secularism, feminism, and Islam in France, and it deserves a wide readership.” (Sindre Bangstad, Religion and Society, Vol. 4 (5), 2014)
“Combining rich ethnographic description and incisive theoretical analysis, Questioning French Secularism takes on some of the most provocative issues of our time: religiosity, immigration, Islam in the West, and gender politics. In her forceful yet nuanced account, Selby reveals why the French model for secularism poses Muslim women’s agency as a core challenge to the state. This engaging and highly readable book is a must-read for scholars and students pursuing research on religion, gender, migration, and nationalism.” (Chantal Tetreault, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Michigan State University, USA)
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Book Title: Questioning French Secularism
Book Subtitle: Gender Politics and Islam in a Parisian Suburb
Authors: Jennifer A. Selby
Series Title: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-01132-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-12101-0Published: 10 February 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-58540-3Published: 26 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-01132-9Published: 06 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-3475
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3483
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 247
Topics: Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Religious Studies, general, Sociology of Religion