Introduction: Postcolonialism cross-examined

Albrecht, Monika

doi:10.4324/9780367222543-1

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“…Postcolonial politics in France, the Netherlands, and Germany have been shaped by differing colonial histories reflected in contemporary diverse Muslim populations from colonies, like Algeria, or from migrant-sending countries, like Turkey or Morocco (which themselves need to be read against postcolonial trajectories of labor-importing states) (Albrecht, 2011). Unlike the other two countries, Germany did not have overseas colonies, which may suggest that postcoloniality has only limited effect in contemporary politics.…”

Section: Regulating the Headscarf: Postcolonial Difference And Decolomentioning

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Liberal feminism and postcolonial difference: Debating headscarves in France, the Netherlands, and Germany

Korteweg

Yurdakul

2020

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In this article, we analyze headscarf debates that unfolded in the first decade of the twenty-first century in France, the Netherlands, and Germany. Through a socio-historical overview looking at newspaper articles and policy and legal documents, we show how the headscarf has become a site for negotiating immigrant-related, postcolonial difference. We argue that certain feminist understanding of gender liberation and postcolonial difference in the headscarf debates reveal the continuity of control mechanisms from the colonial to the postcolonial era. We highlight the possibilities for decolonial thought and practice by centering the situatedness of headscarf. This allows us to show how Muslim citizens are active participants in producing contemporary Western European histories even as some of their practices face overt rejection.

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Section: Regulating the Headscarf: Postcolonial Difference And Decolomentioning

confidence: 99%