Law, Cultural Studies and the "Burqa Ban" Trend

An Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Considerations of the "Burqa Ban" Trend: Criminalizing the Trivial or Separating National and International Law? (p. 1)

PART I. INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON THE STRATEGY OF PROHIBITION
The “Burqa Bans” and Superficial Politics (p. 35)

Philosophical Analysis as a Pathway to Progress: From the Burqa to the Emperor’s New Clothes (p. 55)

A Taxonomy and Criticism of Rationales for Banning Face Veils (p. 81)

Toward “Living Together” as (A)religious Convergence: Against the Burqa Ban (p. 93)

PART II. LEGAL PERSPECTIVES: Religious Clothing, Law, and a Veil-Wearer’s Experiential Account
The Law and Religious Dress (p. 117)

Wearing Religious Clothing at the Workplace in EU Law and the Risks of a “Neutrality Policy” in Private Employmen (p. 131)

I Am the “Veil Woman”: A Muslim Narrative (p. 147)

PART II. LEGAL PERSPECTIVES: Human Rights Perspectives
Burqas and Niqabs as Protected Expression: “This is My Face” (p. 167)

Social Conditions of Freedom, International Human Rights Law, and Women’s Dress: Identity, Belonging, and Recognition (p. 187)

Dressing Neutrally v. Religious Freedom in European “Headscarf Cases”: Looking for a Rationale to Legitimize the Ban on Concealing Faces in International (Human Rights) Jurisprudence (p. 205)

Conflicting Human Rights Perspectives on the French Burqa Ban: European Court of Human Rights v. UN Human Rights Committee (p. 231)

The Use of Artificial Intelligence for Public Security Among Prejudices, Secularism, and Respect for Fundamental Guarantees (p. 263)

PART II. LEGAL PERSPECTIVES: National Perspectives
The Italian Uncertain Approach to the Burqa: A Testing Ground for the Unifying Role of “Laicità” (p. 283)

Inter-American Perspectives on the Burqa (Ban) (p. 301)

The Perspective of Post-Soviet States on the Burqa Ban: A Study of the Delegalization of Religious Headwear in Post-Soviet States (p. 329)

Denmark’s Blanket Burqa Ban: A National(ist) Perspective (p. 349)

PART III. RESPONSES TO OTHERNESS: GENDER, RACE, AND THE VEIL FACTOR
Wearing the Hijab: Cultural Awareness, Cross-Cultural Competence, and Interactions in an Unfamiliar Cultural Context (p. 393)

Integration, Culture, and Gender in Swedish City Council Motions: Veils and Other Obstructions to “Swedishness” (p. 411)

The Racial/Spatial Politics of Banning the Muslim Woman’s Niqab: A Site/Sight We Cannot Bear (p. 439)

Epilogue (p. 463)