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Stereotypes and Self-Representations of Women with a Muslim Background

The Stigma of Being Oppressed

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Authors:
  1. Margaretha A. van Es

    1. Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  • Makes a significant contribution to the debate surrounding Islam, patriarchy and the role of women
  • Demonstrates the impact of such controversies on women of Muslim origin
  • Resists narratives of victimization to show how Muslim women are attempting to subvert stereotypes

Part of the book series: Citizenship, Gender and Diversity (FEMCIT)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Margaretha A. van Es
    Pages 1-38

  3. Stereotypes of Women with a Muslim Background

    • Margaretha A. van Es
    Pages 39-79

  4. Self-Representations by Women in the Dutch Organisations

    • Margaretha A. van Es
    Pages 81-118

  5. The Dutch Organisations and Islam

    • Margaretha A. van Es
    Pages 119-157

  6. Women’s Attempts to Break Stereotypes in the Netherlands

    • Margaretha A. van Es
    Pages 159-189

  7. Self-Representations by Women in the Norwegian Organisations

    • Margaretha A. van Es
    Pages 191-234

  8. The Norwegian Organisations and Islam

    • Margaretha A. van Es
    Pages 235-256

  9. Women’s Attempts to Break Stereotypes in Norway

    • Margaretha A. van Es
    Pages 257-292

  10. Conclusion

    • Margaretha A. van Es
    Pages 293-302

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 303-317
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About this book

This book explores how stereotypes of “oppressed Muslim women” feed into the self-representations of women with a Muslim background. The focus is on women active in, and speaking on behalf of, a wide variety of minority self-organisations in the Netherlands and Norway between 1975 and 2010. The author reveals how these women have internalised and appropriated particular stereotypes, and also developed counter-stereotypes about majority Dutch or Norwegian women. She demonstrates, above all, how they have tried time and again to change popular perceptions by providing alternative images of themselves and of Islam, paying particular attention to their attempts to gain access to media debates. Her central argument is that their efforts to undermine stereotypes can be understood as an assertion of belonging in Dutch and Norwegian society and, in the case of women committed to Islam, as a demand for their religion to be accepted. This innovative work provides a “history from below” thatmakes a valuable contribution to scholarly debates about citizenship as a practice of inclusion and exclusion. Providing new insights into the dynamics between stereotyping and self-representation, it will appeal to scholars of gender, religion, media, and cultural diversity.



 




Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Margaretha A. van Es

About the author

Margaretha A. van Es is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. She is a social historian specialising in inter-ethnic relations and perceptions, gender, media and religion.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Stereotypes and Self-Representations of Women with a Muslim Background

  • Book Subtitle: The Stigma of Being Oppressed

  • Authors: Margaretha A. van Es

  • Series Title: Citizenship, Gender and Diversity

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40676-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40675-6Published: 04 January 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82151-1Published: 12 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40676-3Published: 26 December 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2947-8081

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-809X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 317

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Gender Studies, Social History, Ethnicity Studies, Sociology of Religion, Social Structure, Social Inequality

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