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Stereotypes and Self-Representations of Women with a Muslim Background : The Stigma of Being Oppressed.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (324 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319406763
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.48697
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Contents:
Intro -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1: Introduction -- Stereotypes and Self-Representations of Women with a Muslim Background -- The Value of a Historical Approach -- Comparing the Netherlands and Norway -- Stereotyping, Stigma, and Symbolic Interactionism -- Room for Resistance? -- Dutch Organisations -- Norwegian Organisations -- Analysing Stereotypes and Self-Representations -- 2: Stereotypes of Women with a  Muslim Background -- NRC Handelsblad and Aftenposten in Numbers -- "Pitiable Housewives" and "Rebellious Daughters": Early Stereotypes in the Netherlands -- In Defence of Western Civilisation -- The Dutch Multiculturalism Backlash -- From Passive Victimhood to Dangerous Agency -- "Pitiable Housewives" and "Brave Refugee Women" in Early Norwegian Public Discourse -- Forced Marriages, Female Genital Mutilation, and "Crisis Emancipation" in the Late 1990s -- The Impact of the 9/11 Attacks in Norway -- What's the Real Problem, Actually? -- 3: Self-Representations by Women in the Dutch Organisations -- The Turkish Women's Association in the Netherlands -- The Moroccan Women's Association in the Netherlands -- Al Nisa -- Dar al Arqam -- Milli Görüş Women's Federation -- MashriQ SV -- Ahlalbait Youth Association -- Reflections on the Concept of "Self-Representation" -- 4: The Dutch Organisations and Islam -- The Secular Women's Organisations and Their Ideas About Islam -- The Benefits of Gender Complementarity According to the Islamic Women's Organisations -- From Defending Complementary Roles to Stressing the Feminist Potential of Islam -- Explaining the Changes within the Three Islamic Women's Organisations -- The Emancipatory Aspects of Mixed-Gender Organising -- "We Are Not Like Them": Islamic Feminism-Shia Style -- The Dynamics Between Stereotyping and Self-­Representation in the Netherlands.
5: Women's Attempts to Break Stereotypes in the Netherlands -- Why Some Organisations Were More Active in the Media Than Others -- Silent Resistance -- Lectures, Books, Magazines, Websites, and Interfaith Dialogue Activities -- Protest Demonstrations -- The Organisations' Experiences with Mainstream News Media -- "Real Dutch": Al Nisa's Poster Campaign -- The Effects of Public Discourse on the Organisations and Vice Versa -- 6: Self-Representations by Women in the Norwegian Organisations -- Foreign Women's Group and the MiRA Resource Centre -- Pakistani Women's Forum -- Islamic Women's Group Norway -- Minhaj Women's Forum -- Muslim Student Society -- Pak Women's Association -- The Islamic Youth Association in Norway -- Reflections on the Concept of "Self-­Representation" in the Norwegian Organisations -- 7: The Norwegian Organisations and Islam -- Secular Versus Religious? -- The Position of Women in Islam According to the Islamic Organisations -- The Compatibility of Islam with Feminism -- The Position of Women in Shia Islam According to DIN -- The Dynamics Between Stereotyping and Self-­Representation in Norway -- 8: Women's Attempts to Break Stereotypes in Norway -- Why Some Organisations Were More Active in the Media Than Others -- Finding Alternative Strategies -- Protest Demonstrations -- The Organisations' Experiences with Mainstream News Media -- The Emergence of the MiRA Resource Centre and IKN as Representative Bodies of "Minority" and "Muslim" Women in the Media -- From Medical Student to Full-Fledged Social Commentator -- The Effects of Public Discourse on the Norwegian Organisations and Vice Versa -- 9: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1: Introduction -- Stereotypes and Self-Representations of Women with a Muslim Background -- The Value of a Historical Approach -- Comparing the Netherlands and Norway -- Stereotyping, Stigma, and Symbolic Interactionism -- Room for Resistance? -- Dutch Organisations -- Norwegian Organisations -- Analysing Stereotypes and Self-Representations -- 2: Stereotypes of Women with a  Muslim Background -- NRC Handelsblad and Aftenposten in Numbers -- "Pitiable Housewives" and "Rebellious Daughters": Early Stereotypes in the Netherlands -- In Defence of Western Civilisation -- The Dutch Multiculturalism Backlash -- From Passive Victimhood to Dangerous Agency -- "Pitiable Housewives" and "Brave Refugee Women" in Early Norwegian Public Discourse -- Forced Marriages, Female Genital Mutilation, and "Crisis Emancipation" in the Late 1990s -- The Impact of the 9/11 Attacks in Norway -- What's the Real Problem, Actually? -- 3: Self-Representations by Women in the Dutch Organisations -- The Turkish Women's Association in the Netherlands -- The Moroccan Women's Association in the Netherlands -- Al Nisa -- Dar al Arqam -- Milli Görüş Women's Federation -- MashriQ SV -- Ahlalbait Youth Association -- Reflections on the Concept of "Self-Representation" -- 4: The Dutch Organisations and Islam -- The Secular Women's Organisations and Their Ideas About Islam -- The Benefits of Gender Complementarity According to the Islamic Women's Organisations -- From Defending Complementary Roles to Stressing the Feminist Potential of Islam -- Explaining the Changes within the Three Islamic Women's Organisations -- The Emancipatory Aspects of Mixed-Gender Organising -- "We Are Not Like Them": Islamic Feminism-Shia Style -- The Dynamics Between Stereotyping and Self-­Representation in the Netherlands.

5: Women's Attempts to Break Stereotypes in the Netherlands -- Why Some Organisations Were More Active in the Media Than Others -- Silent Resistance -- Lectures, Books, Magazines, Websites, and Interfaith Dialogue Activities -- Protest Demonstrations -- The Organisations' Experiences with Mainstream News Media -- "Real Dutch": Al Nisa's Poster Campaign -- The Effects of Public Discourse on the Organisations and Vice Versa -- 6: Self-Representations by Women in the Norwegian Organisations -- Foreign Women's Group and the MiRA Resource Centre -- Pakistani Women's Forum -- Islamic Women's Group Norway -- Minhaj Women's Forum -- Muslim Student Society -- Pak Women's Association -- The Islamic Youth Association in Norway -- Reflections on the Concept of "Self-­Representation" in the Norwegian Organisations -- 7: The Norwegian Organisations and Islam -- Secular Versus Religious? -- The Position of Women in Islam According to the Islamic Organisations -- The Compatibility of Islam with Feminism -- The Position of Women in Shia Islam According to DIN -- The Dynamics Between Stereotyping and Self-­Representation in Norway -- 8: Women's Attempts to Break Stereotypes in Norway -- Why Some Organisations Were More Active in the Media Than Others -- Finding Alternative Strategies -- Protest Demonstrations -- The Organisations' Experiences with Mainstream News Media -- The Emergence of the MiRA Resource Centre and IKN as Representative Bodies of "Minority" and "Muslim" Women in the Media -- From Medical Student to Full-Fledged Social Commentator -- The Effects of Public Discourse on the Norwegian Organisations and Vice Versa -- 9: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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