02708    a2200433   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001700151072001500168072001500183072001500198072001600213072001500229072001600244072001300260072001500273072001300288072001300301072001300314072001300327072001300340072001500353072002100368072002100389072002100410072002100431100001600452245004800468250000600516260003200522300001000554520169500564999001502259113802013320250317100413.0250312042014GB                   eng    a9781138020139  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 55.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJHB2thema7 aJBSF12thema7 aRGC2thema7 aQRP2thema7 aQRA2thema7 aQDTS2thema7 aJBF2thema7 aJPVC2thema7 aJHB2bic7 aJFSJ12bic7 aRGC2bic7 aHRH2bic7 aHRA2bic7 aHPS2bic7 aJFF2bic7 aJPVH12bic7 aSOC0280002bisac7 aSOC0480002bisac7 aSOC0260002bisac7 a305.486972bisac1 aLeah Bassel10aRefugee WomenbBeyond Gender versus Culture  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20140314  a212 p  bDebates over the headscarf and niqab, so-called ‘sharia-tribunals’, Female Genital Operations and forced marriages have raged in Europe and North America in recent years, raising the question – does accommodating Islam violate women’s rights? The book takes issue with the terms of this debate. It contrasts debates in France over the headscarf and in Canada over religious arbitration with the lived experience of a specific group of Muslim women: Somali refugee women. The challenges these women eloquently describe first-hand demonstrate that the fray over accommodating culture and religion neglects other needs and engenders a democratic deficit. In Refugee Women: Beyond Gender versus Culture , new theoretical perspectives recast both the story told and who tells the tale. By focusing on the politics underlying how these debates are framed and the experiences of women at the heart of these controversies, women are considered first and foremost as democratic agents rather than actors in the ‘culture versus gender’ script. Crucially, the institutions and processes created to address women’s needs are critically assessed from this perspective. Breaking from scholarship that focuses on whether the accommodation of culture and religion harms women, Bassel argues that this debate ignores the realities of the women at its heart. In these debates, Muslim women are constructed as silent victims. Bassel pleads compellingly for a consideration of women in all their complexity, as active participants in democratic life. The book will appeal to students and scholars throughout the social sciences, particularly of sociology, political science and women’s studies.  c2569d2569