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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)
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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Authors and Affiliations
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Competence Center for Empirical Research Methods, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
Constanze Volkmann
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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