The intimate politics of secularism and the headscarf: The mall, the neighborhood, and the public square in Istanbul

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-20

  Gökariksel, Banu ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

everyday; feminist geopolitics; headscarf; Islam; secularism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CONFLICT; GEOPOLITICS; IDEOLOGY; ISLAMISM; STATE ROLE;

ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84858805395     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2011.633428     Document Type: Article

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