Debate on the Ban on Headscarves in French Schools. A Symbol for the Threatened Unity of the French Republic?

Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Sociology - Religion, grade: 1,3, University Institute of Lisbon, language: English, abstract: The basic assumption of this work is that the theme of the headscarf and the strands of association linked to this symbol, such as fundamentalist Islam, cultural archaism and female oppression, are instrumentalized for a number of socially relevant secondary discou...