Artikel
Muslim women's new defenders : women's rights, nationalism and Islamophobia in contemporary Australia
Verfasst von:
Ho, Christina
in:
2007
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Heft:
4
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290 - 298 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Ho, Christina |
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| Jahr: | 2007 |
| Heft: | 4 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Synopsis In recent years, Australian nationalism has been increasingly framed against a dangerous Muslim other. This article offers a gendered analysis of this nationalism, arguing that a discourse of protecting women's rights has enabled Islam to be portrayed as inherently misogynistic and therefore a threat to Australia's egalitarian culture. This racialised paternalism was clearly articulated in debates surrounding the December 2005 Cronulla riots, a response to the alleged aggressive and misogynistic behaviour of Lebanese Muslim males at Cronulla beach in Sydney. The article shows that such discursive acts are part of a broader history of colonial feminism that legitimated Western supremacy through arguing that colonised societies oppressed their women and were thus unfit for self-governance, a logic which has also been commonplace in the recent war on terror. It concludes by exploring how Muslim women themselves can speak publicly about women's rights without fuelling further anti-Muslim racism. | |
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