Titlebook: Stereotypes and Self-Representations of Women with a Muslim Background; The Stigma of Being Margaretha A. van Es Book 2016 The Editor(s) (

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The Norwegian Organisations and Islam,ions, but also some of the secular-oriented minority women’s organisations explicitly challenged popular perceptions of Islam as inherently patriarchal. Just as in the Netherlands, essentialist representations of Islam as oppressive to women provoked almost equally essentialist representations of Is

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Conclusion, of Muslim women and Islam in public discourse strongly feed into the self-representations of the women studied. Moreover, the dynamics between stereotyping and self-representation influenced the organisations’ goals and activities. Women’s self-representations also affected dominant discourse about

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The Dutch Organisations and Islam,tations of Islam as oppressive to women provoke almost equally essentialist representations of Islam as a religion that empowers women. Last but not least, the author provides a typology of the organisations regarding how women represent themselves and Islam.

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,Women’s Attempts to Break Stereotypes in the Netherlands,aging with the media. It shows that the voices of women with a Muslim background were not systematically excluded in mainstream news media, but the unfavourable terms and conditions prompted many organisations to be less active than they would have liked to be.

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Self-Representations by Women in the Norwegian Organisations,ital mutilation, domestic violence, and honour killings have affected the activities of many of the organisations included in this study. The author also reflects on the unequal power relations within the Norwegian organisations.

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,Women’s Attempts to Break Stereotypes in Norway, tells the stories of women who did not only take part in public debates about emancipation, integration, or religion, but who also tried to “normalise” being a Muslim by addressing unexpected topics such as climate change.

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