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We value your privacy. This essay seeks to analyze the recent reconfigurations of French nationalism, taking as an entry point the legal treatment of veiled Muslim women and prostitutes over the past two decades. We argue that the bodies of prostitutes and veiled Muslim women, both of which have been targeted by successive legal interventions in order to exclude them from the public space, have become central political sites for the state to assert its sovereign power and trigger nationalist feelings.
Figures - uploaded by Julie Billaud. Author content All content in this area was uploaded by Julie Billaud. Content may be subject to copyright. Rashid Rana β Site 1. Content uploaded by Julie Billaud. Author content All content in this area was uploaded by Julie Billaud on Jul 03, On 8 March , while debates regarding the possible ban of headscarves in. This slogan, which playfully distorted the. Neither Whores, Nor Doormats , could be read on one of the many banners.
During this event, two feminine figures were. None of the feminist. Ironically, veiled women and girls received on their. The majority of secular. French feminists have supported these laws. These new legal measures have. Through what dynamics did veiled women and prostitutes become sisters. What does this combination tell us about national politics and.
In what ways do debates. We argue that over the past. The interest of studying veiled. The symbolic exclusion and criminalization.
