Face to Face

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  • Robert Leckey McGill University

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Muslim women, Head covering, Niqab, Veil, Quebec, Secularism. Ley, teoría Queer, mujeres musulmanas, cubrirse la cabeza, velo, secularismo, Europa.

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This paper uses Queer theory, specifically literature on Bowers v. Hardwick, to analyze debates over legislation proposed in Quebec regarding covered faces. Queer theory sheds light on legal responses to the veil. Parliamentary debates in Quebec reconstitute the polity, notably as secular and united. The paper highlights the contradictory and unstable character of four binaries: legislative text versus social practice, act versus status, majority versus minority, and knowable versus unknowable. As with contradictory propositions about homosexuality, contradiction does not undermine discourse but makes it stronger and more agile.

Este artículo utiliza la teoría Queer, más concretamente la literatura sobre Bowers vs. Hardwick, para analizar los debates sobre la legislación propuesta en Quebec en relación al velo. La teoría Queer arroja luz sobre las respuestas legales al velo. Los debates parlamentarios en Quebec reconstituyen la forma de gobierno, especialmente como secular y unido. El documento pone de relieve el carácter contradictorio e inestable de cuatro binarios: texto legislativo frente a las prácticas sociales; legislación frente a estado; mayoría versus minoría; y conocible frente a incognoscible. Al igual que con las proposiciones contradictorias acerca de la homosexualidad, la contradicción no socava el discurso, sino que lo hace más fuerte y más ágil.

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Faculty of Law; associate professor and William Dawson Scholar

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2012-09-03

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Leckey, R. (2012) «Face to Face», Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 3(7), or. 1184–1201. Available at: https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/217 (Eskuratua: 3 uztailak 2024).

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