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Stereotypes and Self-Representations of Women with a Muslim Background
Margaretha Van Es
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Description for Stereotypes and Self-Representations of Women with a Muslim Background
Hardback. Series: Citizenship, Gender and Diversity. Num Pages: 317 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 560.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
Series
Citizenship, Gender and Diversity
Number of Pages
317
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319406756
SKU
V9783319406756
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Ref
99-15
About Margaretha Van Es
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.
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