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responses to globalization and politicized religions
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Elliott, Carolyn > [ed]
- Contributor
- Ewig, Christina
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- WER 1N 2008
- Thesaurus
- geweld, mannelijkheid, islam, rooms-katholicisme, empowerment, reproductieve rechten, aids, microkredieten, EU, bundel
- Description
- The empowerment of women is a broadly endorsed strategy for solving a host of difficult problems, from child poverty to gender violence to international development. This multi-disciplinary volume offers critiques of the notion of empowerment based on studies in twenty countries in all regions of the world. The introduction places concepts of empowerment in the context of models of the market and of community, showing how contradictions in these models as they are enacted on the ground provide both spaces and constraints for women. The chapters consider opportunities for women in the context of globalization, resurgent nationalism and politicized religion, cultures of masculinity, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. They show how initiatives at national or global levels are transformed by local cultures and power structures, and demonstrate the fruitfulness of tensions between universal values of human rights and contextualized understandings.
histories and representations
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Habib, Samar
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- NO 3 2009
- Thesaurus
- lesbianisme, lesbische vrouwen, film, literatuur, islam, theorieën, historisch, Midden-Oosten
- Description
- Habib argues that female homosexuality has a long history in Arabic literature and scholarship, beginning in the ninth century, and she traces the destruction of Medieval discourses on female homosexuality and the replacement of these with a new religious orthodoxy that is no longer permissive of a variety of sexual behaviours. She also engages with recent gay historiography in the West and challenges institutionalized constructionist notions.
contested imaginaries in post-9/11 cultural practice
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Taylor, Lisa K. > (ed.)
- Creator
- Zine, Jasmin > (ed.)
- Contributor
- [et al.]
- Publish Year
- 2014
- Shelfmark
- VS 8 2014 - B
- Thesaurus
- islam, vrouwbeelden, vrouwelijkheid, mannelijkheid, postkolonialisme, hoofddoeken, feminisme, romans, internet, interview (vorm), bundel
- Description
- This collection provides anexploration into possibilities opened up by transnational, feminist, and anti-colonial readings that can work against stereotypical representations of Muslim women. It addresses the gap in contemporary theoretical discourse amongst educators teaching literary and cultural texts by and about Muslim women, and brings scholars from different fields to examine the politics and ethics of transnational anti-colonial reading practices and pedagogy. The book features interviews with Muslim women artists and cultural producers who provide engaging reflections on the transformative role of the arts as a form of critical public
South Asian women organizing
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Takhar, Shaminder
- Publish Year
- 2015
- Shelfmark
- GR BR 6 2014 - B
- Thesaurus
- feminisme, islam, seksualiteit, geweld, etniciteit, racisme
- Description
- This book examines how South Asian women’s collective agency is operationalized through civic organizations in the UK. The historically racialized image of the South Asian woman as lacking in political agency is challenged through their long history of activism on the Indian subcontinent. The creation of 'critical spaces' by South Asian women in the diaspora places them as active agents who have successfully influenced social policy on important issues such as forced marriage, domestic violence and sexuality. The engagement with empirical data demonstrates the significance and impact of race, racism, sexism and religion on the lives of the women.
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