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Muslim Women in Austria and Germany Doing and Undoing Gender

Making Gender Differences and Hierarchies Relevant or Irrelevant

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  1. Constanze Volkmann

    1. Competence Center for Empirical Research Methods, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria

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  • Innovative, interdisciplinary gender theory; empirical findings instead of prejudices about the interface between Islam and gender

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Constanze Volkmann
    Pages 1-5

  3. Muslim population in Austria and Germany: Its origins, current contexts and definitional challenges

    • Constanze Volkmann
    Pages 7-27

  4. Theoretical approaches to gender

    • Constanze Volkmann
    Pages 29-80

  5. Integrating the theoretical perspectives: A comprehensive approach to gender

    • Constanze Volkmann
    Pages 81-97

  6. Review of the literature on the role of gender among Muslim women in ‘Western’ societies

    • Constanze Volkmann
    Pages 99-112

  7. Research question and methodological approach: their development throughout the research process

    • Constanze Volkmann
    Pages 113-142

  8. How Muslim women in Austria and Germany construct and practice gender

    • Constanze Volkmann
    Pages 143-232

  9. Discussion

    • Constanze Volkmann
    Pages 233-254

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 255-318
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About this book

Constanze Volkmann develops an innovative new gender theory labeled doing and undoing gender. Based on empirical findings she examines the highly debated intersection of gender and Islam. The analysis of interviews with various Muslim women unravels the many different ways in which gender is done and undone. Especially with regard to potential gender hierarchies, the results reveal that the category ‘gender’ is irrelevant to many Muslim women and is even used as a means to foster their status and power as women. This book makes a substantial contribution to a differentiated social debate at eye level with Muslim women.

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“Volkmann’s work is a valuable analysis of the ways in which gender is embodied and negotiated in some Muslim circles and therefore an appreciated contribution to the existing body of literature on gender in Europe’s Muslim communities. … Volkmann’s work deserves serious consideration not only by those interested in knowing more about Muslim life in Austria and Germany, but by those willing to seriously engage and reformulate ideas on gender when undertaking new research on Islam … .” (Marta Domínguez Díaz, Religion in Austria, Vol. 7, 2022)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Competence Center for Empirical Research Methods, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria

    Constanze Volkmann

About the author

The Author
Dr. Constanze Volkmann is assistant professor at the Competence Center for Empirical Research Methods at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. Her areas of expertise include qualitative research methods as well as gender theory and research.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Muslim Women in Austria and Germany Doing and Undoing Gender

  • Book Subtitle: Making Gender Differences and Hierarchies Relevant or Irrelevant

  • Authors: Constanze Volkmann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23952-7

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-23951-0Published: 09 October 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-23952-7Published: 01 October 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 318

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Women's Studies, Sociology of Culture, Cultural Studies

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