Working against many grains: Rethinking difference, emancipation and agency in the counter-discourse of an ethnic minority women's organisation in Belgium
In this article, we aim to contribute to feminist academic debates about multiculturalism and secularism/religion by drawing upon an analysis of an ethnic minority women's organisation in Belgium that has been active since 1999: ella. The analysis focuses upon the way in which ella constructs n...
| Published in: | Social compass |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2017]
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| In: |
Social compass
Year: 2017, Volume: 64, Issue: 4, Pages: 512-529 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Belgium
/ Multi-cultural society
/ national minority
/ Women's association
/ Secularism
/ Religion
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBD Benelux countries |
| Further subjects: | B
Multiculturalism
B organisation des femmes de minorité B Agency B émancipation B multiculturalisme B religionagentivité B Religion B Difference B Emancipation B ethnique B différence B ethnic minority women's organisation |
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| Summary: | In this article, we aim to contribute to feminist academic debates about multiculturalism and secularism/religion by drawing upon an analysis of an ethnic minority women's organisation in Belgium that has been active since 1999: ella. The analysis focuses upon the way in which ella constructs notions of empowerment and emancipation by discussing structural inequalities, cultural-ethnic values and religious authority and identity. First, we look at how ella formulates its ideas about the emancipation trajectories of minoritised women and the potential role of religious belonging. Second, we look at ella's discussion of religious interpretation and gender/sexual diversity. Here, we explore assumptions about the relationship between religious authority and minoritised women's and LGBTQs' desires and pursuit for knowledge. We conclude by considering ella as an affirmative-critical actor of multiculturalism, and an implicit agent of religious reform. |
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| ISSN: | 1461-7404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Social compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0037768617727486 |