Marianne at the Beach: The French Burkini Controversy and the Shifting Meanings of Republican Secularism.
This paper critically examines the controversy surrounding2 burkini-style swimsuits that arose in summer 2016 in France. Through a comparative analysis of representations of the ‘burkini’ in political discourse and in Muslim online forums, I explore the contested meanings attached to full-body ‘Isla...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Intercultural Studies Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 20 - 35 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2018
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