Sensible Politics by William A. Callahan

Author:William A. Callahan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

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The Sartorial Engineering of Race, Gender, and Faith

Introduction

NiqaBitch Shakes Paris is a short video that follows two young women walking around Paris dressed in niqab, which conceals their faces and upper bodies, along with hot pants and high heels that reveal their bare legs (see figure 8.1).1 The video shows how this perambulatory performance shook Paris; it literally stopped traffic, turning people’s gazes. NiqaBitch—which combines niqab, the French term for a full-face veil, with the American slang “bitch”—excited confusion, as well as appreciation; the video shows how the women get “thumbs up” support from many on the street and even a request for a fun photo from the policewoman at France’s Ministry of Immigration and National Identity. In addition to providing information about the French veil ban that came into force six months later in 2011, NiqaBitch Shakes Paris provokes a visceral reaction from people on the street, as well as from the police who guard France’s national identity.

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