Contested womanhood
Women's education and (re)production of gendered norms in rural Pakistani Muslim communities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2936637 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ayesha Khurshid (0000-0002-1598-1097, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, corresponding author), Alexis Saba (Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 550-563 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01596306.2017.1282425 |
| OpenAlex | W2581984144 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 28 |
In a world marred by the fears of religious extremism, Muslim women have become subjects of various global projects that aim to modernize ‘traditional’ Muslim societies through women’s education and empowerment. Embedded in these discourses is an assumption that all educated Muslim women will empower themselves through challenging the ‘oppressive’ structures of their families and communities. This paper challenges these homogeneous narratives of education and empowerment through highlighting the complexities of educated women’s daily lives in rural Pakistan. We situate the lived experiences of rural educated Pakistani women in global mainstream as well as in local historical narratives regarding the role and purpose of education for women. Our analysis reveals how the educated women participants’ lives were shaped by a complex gendered hierarchy that facilitated educated women to take on new roles while simultaneously requiring them to maintain harmonious relationships with family and community members
Economics · Feminism · Gender relations · Patriarchy · Political science · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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Negotiating studying abroad
Feminism, Islam and higher education
Getting behind workplace bullying of women academics and professional women in Pakistan’s universities and corporations
Bhal Suwali , Bhal Ghor
Developing a contextual understanding of empowerment through education
The negotiations of Pakistani mothers’ agency with structure
Opportunities and barriers for young rural–urban migrants transitioning from education to work in Kathmandu, Nepal
Contested womanhood
Recasting women
Reconstructing Womanhood
Remaking Women
Rethinking Agency
Feminism without Borders
Black Feminist Thought
The Politics of the Veil
Formations of the Secular
Towards an Anti-Imperialist Politics
Gender equality in education
Achieving gender equality in learning outcomes
Our problem is two problems
Gender and Education for All
Empowering women through education
Gender, schooling and global social justice
Why Governments Should Invest More to Educate Girls
Under Western Eyes
Educating Women for Development
Dialects of Women's Empowerment
Introduction - From Denouncing Gender Inequities to Undoing Gender in Education
Contested womanhood
Islamic Traditions of Modernity
A Transnational Community of Pakistani Muslim Women
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |