Essays about: "burka"

Found 3 essays containing the word burka.

1. 1. The French politic of the veil in relation to International law : Analyzis of the politic of the veil in France

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Author : Akbar Abdul Rasul; [2020]
   Keywords : Islam; veil; niqab; hijab; burka ban; international law;

   Abstract : The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other international conventions have been ratified by many countries, yet the basic freedoms established therein continue to be taken for granted. In recent years, the Islamic veil has been widely debated as an oppressive garment against Muslim women and a threat to Western secular democracy. READ MORE

3. 2. The burka ban - liberation or oppression? A discourse analysis of the Danish ‘burka ban’ from a gender equality perspective

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Benedikte Have; [2018]
   Keywords : burka; niqab; Denmark; gender equality; gender; feminism; discourse;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns the recent debate about the so-called cover ban in Denmark, which has been known in media as the ‘burka ban’. The ban involves an illegalization of covering of the face that does not have a justifiable cause like weather conditions. READ MORE

4. 3. From avengers to heroines: muslim*women dismantling hegemonic discourses

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Gina Waibel; [2016]
   Keywords : Queer theory; postcolonial theory; Muslim; women; racism; nationalism; gender; Europe; discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Hegemonic European discourses about muslim*women reduce the complex living realities of muslim*women to the singular of the gendered and racialized other. This thesis investigates the hegemonic functioning of these discourses and explores postcolonial and queer theoretical approaches for dismantling it. READ MORE