Natasha Bakht

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In Your Face

Law, Justice, and Niqab-Wearing Women in Canada

This book explores the experiences of a group of women in Canada who are small in numbers yet have garnered much legal, political, and social attention in recent years. Muslim women who cover … 266 View
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Introduction

Meet Your Neighbours

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In the introduction, the author outlines the reasons why some women choose to wear the niqab, and the flagrant disregard for these women’s basic dignity and human rights. 17 $1.70 Add
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Listening to the Voices of Niqab-Wearing Women

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In this chapter, Bahkt posits that most people in Canada have never actually conversed with a niqab-wearing woman. She attempts to rectify this situation by sharing some perspectives of women who … 32 $3.20 Add
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Veiled Objections:

Facing Public Opposition to the Niqab

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This chapter is an attempt to analyze the growing agitation that has been expressed about Muslim women who cover their faces. 43 $4.30 Add
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What’s in a Face

Demeanor Evidence and Niqab-Wearing Women in Courtrooms

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This chapter analyzes opposition to the niqab in courtroom settings. 35 $3.50 Add
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Piercing the Veil of Ignorance

Niqab-Wearing Women and the Adjudication of Sexual Assault

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Part I of this chapter addresses women’s experiences with the judicial system in the context of sexual assault. Part II closely examines a Canadian case in which a niqab-wearing sexual … 36 $3.60 Add
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In Your Face

Legislative Prohibitions of the Niqab

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This chapter begins with a brief global survey of legal proscriptions of Muslim women’s face veils, while Part II closely examines Canadian attempts to prohibit face veiling through law and … 39 $3.90 Add
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Niqab-Wearing Women’s Resistance in the Face of Oppressive Governmental Tactics and Popular Beliefs

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In this chapter, Bahkt discusses how niqab-wearing women and their allies deploy multiple strategies to subvert dominant perceptions of who niqab-women are and what they stand for. 30 $3.00 Add
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Conclusion

Towards a New Future

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In the conclusion, the author suggests several "micro-practices" that can help shift away from attitudes that emphasize difference, fear, and misunderstanding to those that stress … 11 $1.10 Add
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Mere “song and dance”: Complicating the multicultural imperative in the arts

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However one understands multiculturalism in Canada, one of the shared features of its multiple definitions is diversity – what many would describe as the undisputed success of a … 14 $1.40 Add
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Victim or Aggressor?

Typecasting Muslim Women for their Attire

From: Gendered Intersections

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