From Rescue Missions to Discipline
Post-9/11 Western Political Discourse on Muslim Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5854444 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shakira Hussein (0000-0001-5903-5847) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 76 |
| Pages | 144-154 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Feminist Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1321-7568 • E-ISSN: 1465-3303 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08164649.2013.790110 |
| OpenAlex | W1502119607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
This paper maps a shift in emphasis in the representation of Muslim women in Western discourse from that of victims in need of Western rescue to that of active participants in Islamism and the ‘Islamisation’ of the West. Muslim women activists have developed an articulate response to representations that depict them as passive victims, emphasising that many women undertake their religious practices (in particular, those relating to dress) by ‘choice’ and play an active role in resisting patriarchal practices imposed in the name of their religion. Their responses to representations of Muslim women as perpetrators of Islamic extremism who must be disciplined into acquiescing to Western/Enlightenment/secular norms, however, are still evolving. The author thanks Barbara Baird and Minerva Nasser-Eddine for organising and introducing the lecture and Zora Simic, Alia Imtoual and the reviewers for their comments on the paper itself
Enlightenment · Epistemology · Islam · Political science · Politics · Presentation (obstetrics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Islamic Studies and History · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |