Female Subjects of International Human Rights Law : The Hijab Debate and the Exotic Other Female
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Clark, Sevda. (2007). Female Subjects of International Human Rights Law : The Hijab Debate and the Exotic Other Female. Global Change, Peace and Security. 19(1), pp. 35-48. https://doi.org/10.1080/14781150601138067
Authors | Clark, Sevda |
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Abstract | In this paper, the presupposed ideas upon which the hijab is probibited in both France and Turkey – concerning the nature and purpose of veiling (these notions informed and influenced by a long history of Orientalism) – are examined and shown to provide an insufficient justification for the prohibition. Such notions serve to marginalize Muslim Women in the broader women's rights movement in international human rights law, thereby engendering and maintaining the ‘otherness’ of the Muslim woman as the ‘Exotic Female Other’. Having considered how the rhetoric surrounding Muslim women, the veil and the prohibition are easily challenged and therefore significantly undermine the ban's validity, the international law implications of the hijab ban are addressed – namely, the particular human rights that are violated are outlined in addition to a survey of the current effectiveness of international human rights discourse and institutions. Recommendations as to what should be done are also offered. |
Keywords | France; Turkey; Muslim women; women's rights; Hijab; headscarf |
Year | 01 Jan 2007 |
Journal | Global Change, Peace and Security |
Journal citation | 19 (1), pp. 35-48 |
Publisher | Informa Healthcare and Taylor Francis |
ISSN | 1032-3856 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14781150601138067 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14781150601138067 |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 35-48 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
10 Apr 2007 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | Apr 2007 |
Deposited | 23 Apr 2024 |
Additional information | © 2007 Taylor & Francis. |
Place of publication | Not Specified |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/906ww/female-subjects-of-international-human-rights-law-the-hijab-debate-and-the-exotic-other-female
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