An Analysis of the Headscarf Issue in Feminist Debates in Germany

Abstract

This study intends to be a discussion of the headscarf issue in the German context. Germany stands as a peculiar case with its return to its historical background as a culture-oriented nation after the Second World War. In this article, it is contended that this orientation evinces itself in the feminist debates on the headscarf affair in Germany. Thus the aim here is to reveal that in the 2000s both in pro and contra-headscarf feminist debates, the headscarf issue, in the specific case of Germany, is restricted to be understood as a cultural matter.

Keywords

Headscarf, Germany, Gender, Feminism, Culture.

Citation

Koyuncu Lorasdağı, Berrin and Onur İnce, Hilal, “An Analysis of the Headscarf Issue in Feminist Debates in Germany”, Uluslararası İlişkiler, Volume 6, No 24 (Winter 2010), p. 81-98.

Affiliations

• Berrin Koyuncu Lorasdağı, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Hacettepe University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
• Hilal Onur İnce, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Hacettepe University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration