Swimming pools, Islamic dress and colonial differentiation: the cleansing role of law in 'the republic [that] lives through an uncovered face'.
On 23 June 2019, seven Muslim women staged a protest at a swimming pool in Grenoble, France in defiance of rules prohibiting burkinis in swimming pools. French law 2010–1192 criminalizes the bodies of visibly Muslim women by prohibiting full-face coverings in French public space. This creates precar...
| Published in: | Journal of Gender Studies Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 237 - 253 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2021
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