EAN: 9783319406756

STEREOTYPES AND SELF-REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN W...

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¿ that makes 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.

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