Looking beyond the Hijab /
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| Author / Creator: | Croucher, Stephen Michael, 1978- |
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| Imprint: | Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, c2009. |
| Description: | xxxix, 188 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Communication, comparative cultures and civilizations |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7795128 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Immigration to France. Muslims in France today. French-Muslim integration : conflicting tales of success or failure?
- France. Importance of French revolutionary ideas. Laïcité in France
- Islam. the Islamic veil. Muslims and the French state historically
- Explanation of method. Setting. Participants. Interview protocol and analysis procedures. Transcription and translation of interviews
- Cultural adaptation of Muslims in France. Cultural adaptation within the social sciences. Cultural adaptation/assimilation theory. Goals of adaptation impossible to achieve. France and forced cultural adaptation
- Non-Muslim response to the growth of Islam in France. Muslims refuse to culturally adapt. Control of the "Muslim threat" in France
- Future research directions. Desire for something other than assimilation or cultural adaptation in France. Cultural fusion. Identity crisis in France. Changing nature of Islam from magic to mythic religion. Conclusion.
