Leah Bassel: 3 books
Refugee Women
Beyond Gender versus Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Debates 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....
The Politics of Listening
Possibilities and Challenges for Democratic Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
This book explores listening as a social and political practice, in contrast to the more common focus on voice and speaking. The author draws on cases from Canada, France and the United Kingdom, exploring: minority women and debates over culture and religion; riots and young men in France and England;...
Minority women and austerity
Survival and resistance in France and Britain
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
In the first book of its kind, Bassel and Emejulu explore minority women’s experiences of and resistances to austerity measures in France and Britain. Minority women are often portrayed as passive victims. However, Minority women and austerity demonstrates how they use their race, class, gender...