Viola Thimm
Biographic Data
| ID | 3737658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Viola Thimm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Viola |
| FAMILY NAME | Thimm |
| SIGNATURE | THIMM V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heidelberg University/University of Erlangen‐Nürnberg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Queer Muslim Subjectivity: LGBTQIA+ Identity in Malaysia between Transnational Self-Awareness, Pilgrimage Politics, and Islamic Repression
Identities of nonnormative genders and sexualities in Malaysia have recently transformed in tune with global developments. The particularity of a queer identity (i.e., an identity by people who do not feel that they belong to the cisheteronormative majority society in terms of their sexual or gendered orientation or identity) evolved in the Malaysian context only around 10–15 years ago. This can be traced by the growing visibility of local queer …
Reconfiguring gender, kinship, and spirituality: Space- and place-making in Muslim Malaysia
In the public and private spaces of Malaysia's capitalist cities, Malay women abide by a stricter Islamic dress code than they do in rural areas. Hence, in this local context, spatial public/private and 'placial' rural/urban order are of importance for gender identifications and practices. These orders imply influences on gendered forms of embodiment in the form of dress codes. This research examines the sociocultural constitutions of space and p…
Bringing Intersectionality to the Core of Social and Cultural Anthropology: Scaling Holistic Intersectionality
Social and cultural anthropology is a descriptive, theorising and comparative social science. It has a holistic orientation, i.e. it directs its gaze to complex interrelationships between different subfields of cultural dynamics. However, this understanding is not a stand-alone feature of the anthropological approach, but is also valid for the intersectionality framework. This article seeks to explore the relationship between both approaches, as …
Shopping with Allah: Muslim pilgrimage, gender and consumption in a globalised world
Shopping with Allah illustrates the ways in which religion is mobilised in package tourism and how spiritual, economic and gendered practices are combined in a form of tourism where the goal is not purely leisure but also ethical and spiritual cultivation. Focusing on the intersection of gender and Islam, Viola Thimm shows how this intersection develops and changes in a pilgrimage-tourism nexus as part of capitalist and halal consumer markets. Ba…
Muslim Women's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Beyond: Reconfiguring Gender, Religion, and Mobility
"This book investigates female Muslims pilgrimage practices and how these relate to women's mobility, social relations, identities, and the power structures that shape women's lives. Bringing together scholars from different disciplines and regional expertise, it offers in-depth investigation of the gendered dimensions of Muslim pilgrimage and the life-worlds of female pilgrims. With a variety of case studies, the contributors explore the experie…
Muslim Women’s Pilgrimage to Mecca and Beyond: Reconfiguring Gender, Religion, and Mobility
This book investigates female Muslims pilgrimage practices and how these relate to women’s mobility, social relations, identities, and the power structures that shape women’s lives. Bringing together scholars from different disciplines and regional expertise, it offers in-depth investigation of the gendered dimensions of Muslim pilgrimage and the life-worlds of female pilgrims. With a variety of case studies, the contributors explore the experien…
Geschlecht und Bildungsmigration: Lebensentwürfe und Weiblichkeitsbilder malaysischer Bildungsmigrantinnen in Singapur
Was motiviert Chinesisch-Malaysierinnen, sich nach Singapur für den höheren Bildungserwerb aufzumachen? Welche Strategien verfolgen sie durch Aneignung und Abgrenzung bestimmter geschlechtsspezifischer Ideale und Normen im transnationalen Raum? Viola Thimm behandelt Fragen nach geschlechtsspezifischen Bedeutungszuweisungen und sozialen Praxen hinsichtlich der Bildungsmigrationswege von Malaysia nach Singapur. Ihre ethnographische Studie fokussier…
Soziale Mobilität für Frauen durch bildungsmotivierte Land-Stadt-Migration: Eine Biographie aus Malaysia
Soziale Mobilität für Frauen durch bildungsmotivierte Land-Stadt-Migration: Eine Biographie aus Malaysia
Muslim Women’s Pilgrimage to Mecca and Beyond: Reconfiguring Gender, Religion, and Mobility
This book investigates female Muslims pilgrimage practices and how these relate to women’s mobility, social relations, identities, and the power structures that shape women’s lives. Bringing together scholars from different disciplines and regional expertise, it offers in-depth investigation of the gendered dimensions of Muslim pilgrimage and the life-worlds of female pilgrims. With a variety of case studies, the contributors explore the experien…
Bringing Intersectionality to the Core of Social and Cultural Anthropology: Scaling Holistic Intersectionality
Social and cultural anthropology is a descriptive, theorising and comparative social science. It has a holistic orientation, i.e. it directs its gaze to complex interrelationships between different subfields of cultural dynamics. However, this understanding is not a stand-alone feature of the anthropological approach, but is also valid for the intersectionality framework. This article seeks to explore the relationship between both approaches, as …
Geschlecht und Bildungsmigration: Lebensentwürfe und Weiblichkeitsbilder malaysischer Bildungsmigrantinnen in Singapur
Was motiviert Chinesisch-Malaysierinnen, sich nach Singapur für den höheren Bildungserwerb aufzumachen? Welche Strategien verfolgen sie durch Aneignung und Abgrenzung bestimmter geschlechtsspezifischer Ideale und Normen im transnationalen Raum? Viola Thimm behandelt Fragen nach geschlechtsspezifischen Bedeutungszuweisungen und sozialen Praxen hinsichtlich der Bildungsmigrationswege von Malaysia nach Singapur. Ihre ethnographische Studie fokussier…
Soziale Mobilität für Frauen durch bildungsmotivierte Land-Stadt-Migration: Eine Biographie aus Malaysia
Soziale Mobilität für Frauen durch bildungsmotivierte Land-Stadt-Migration: Eine Biographie aus Malaysia
Muslim Women's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Beyond: Reconfiguring Gender, Religion, and Mobility
"This book investigates female Muslims pilgrimage practices and how these relate to women's mobility, social relations, identities, and the power structures that shape women's lives. Bringing together scholars from different disciplines and regional expertise, it offers in-depth investigation of the gendered dimensions of Muslim pilgrimage and the life-worlds of female pilgrims. With a variety of case studies, the contributors explore the experie…
Muslim Women’s Pilgrimage to Mecca and Beyond: Reconfiguring Gender, Religion, and Mobility
This book investigates female Muslims pilgrimage practices and how these relate to women’s mobility, social relations, identities, and the power structures that shape women’s lives. Bringing together scholars from different disciplines and regional expertise, it offers in-depth investigation of the gendered dimensions of Muslim pilgrimage and the life-worlds of female pilgrims. With a variety of case studies, the contributors explore the experien…
Shopping with Allah: Muslim pilgrimage, gender and consumption in a globalised world
Shopping with Allah illustrates the ways in which religion is mobilised in package tourism and how spiritual, economic and gendered practices are combined in a form of tourism where the goal is not purely leisure but also ethical and spiritual cultivation. Focusing on the intersection of gender and Islam, Viola Thimm shows how this intersection develops and changes in a pilgrimage-tourism nexus as part of capitalist and halal consumer markets. Ba…
Reconfiguring gender, kinship, and spirituality: Space- and place-making in Muslim Malaysia
In the public and private spaces of Malaysia's capitalist cities, Malay women abide by a stricter Islamic dress code than they do in rural areas. Hence, in this local context, spatial public/private and 'placial' rural/urban order are of importance for gender identifications and practices. These orders imply influences on gendered forms of embodiment in the form of dress codes. This research examines the sociocultural constitutions of space and p…
Bringing Intersectionality to the Core of Social and Cultural Anthropology: Scaling Holistic Intersectionality
Social and cultural anthropology is a descriptive, theorising and comparative social science. It has a holistic orientation, i.e. it directs its gaze to complex interrelationships between different subfields of cultural dynamics. However, this understanding is not a stand-alone feature of the anthropological approach, but is also valid for the intersectionality framework. This article seeks to explore the relationship between both approaches, as …
Queer Muslim Subjectivity: LGBTQIA+ Identity in Malaysia between Transnational Self-Awareness, Pilgrimage Politics, and Islamic Repression
Identities of nonnormative genders and sexualities in Malaysia have recently transformed in tune with global developments. The particularity of a queer identity (i.e., an identity by people who do not feel that they belong to the cisheteronormative majority society in terms of their sexual or gendered orientation or identity) evolved in the Malaysian context only around 10–15 years ago. This can be traced by the growing visibility of local queer …
Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Islamic Studies and History (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 works) · History (2 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (2 works)