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- Title
Only if She Shows Her Face: Canadian Media Portrayals of the Niqab Ban during Citizenship Ceremonies.
- Authors
THOMAS, JASMINE
- Abstract
On 12 December 2011, the Canadian government banned the niqab in citizenship ceremonies. Now women who wear full-face veils are required to remove them while they swear their citizenship oath to Canada. This paper examines the veiling debate in the media during the weeks following the Canadian ban of the niqab during citizenship ceremonies. Using Critical Discourse Analysis, I assess the dominant perspectives contained in 80 Canadian newspaper articles and governmental news releases focused upon the December announcement of the ban. I argue that banning the niqab during citizenship ceremonies is detrimental to Muslim women because those who wear the full-face veil may now be reluctant to obtain citizenship. Moreover, based upon the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, this event illustrates how Canada only incorporates cultural practices perceived as congruent with mainstream expectations of minority and immigrant integration.
- Subjects
CANADA; MUSLIM women; NIQAB (Islamic clothing); MUSLIM women's clothing; CITIZENSHIP; SOCIAL integration; CRITICAL discourse analysis; MASS media; LAW
- Publication
Canadian Ethnic Studies, 2015, Vol 47, Issue 2, p187
- ISSN
0008-3496
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ces.2015.0018