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Young Muslim women: the ambivalences of speaking out

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posted on 2024-06-04, 08:38 authored by Amanda KeddieAmanda Keddie, T Jamal Al Deen, S Hussein, A Miftah Russ
This paper explores how a small group of young Australian Muslim women are engaging with the discourses of gender, religion and culture in their lives. It draws on data gathered from a study that evaluated aprogramme designed to support learning and public action for human rights. The paper highlights these young women’s experiences of the double bind of racism and patriarchy in their lives around familial/community and public ideas about what it means to be a good Muslim woman. In light of this burden of representation, the paper draws attention to the ambivalences of responsibility and risk the young women express about speaking out against the issues that concern them. We conclude with a consideration of the significance community-driven and localized advocacy represents in Muslim women moving beyond the double bind.

History

Journal

Journal of Gender Studies

Volume

30

Pagination

165-176

Location

London, Eng.

ISSN

0958-9236

eISSN

1465-3869

Language

English

Notes

In Press

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

2

Publisher

ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD