European muslim youth and gender (in)equality discourse : towards a more critical academic inquiry
Boland, Colleen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Data:	2021
Resum:	In Europe, gender equality can be framed as a secular value, juxtaposed against affiliation with and practice of Islam. Academic and public debate has either given special attention to the spread of religious fundamentalism in Europe, or to the way Muslim women dress, citing how both purportedly jeopardize gender equality. This is despite findings that a link between gender equality and religiosity or practice of Islam is neither inherent nor circumscribed. Moreover, it is possible to demonstrate that such discourse rests on implicitly racialized conceptualizations of the Muslim "other". Meanwhile, Muslim youth in particular are benchmarked against these imagined standards of gender equality, as compared with non-Muslim peers. This work examines ways in which normative secular frameworks and discourses, taking ownership of gender equality narratives, have shaped Europe's academic inquiry regarding Muslim youth. It notes what is absent in this inquiry, including intersections of race and class, which remain divorced from the limited conversation on gender and religious difference. A reflexive, intersectional approach to this discussion, conscious of the importance of embedded racial or structural inequality and what is absent in current inquiry, better serves in understanding and navigating power relations that ultimately contribute to multiple exclusion of these youth.
Ajuts:	European Commission 882986
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	European Muslims ; Inequalities ; Gender ; Youth of migrant origin ; Knowledge production
Publicat a:	Social sciences, Vol. 10 Núm. 4 (April 2021) , p. 133, ISSN 2076-0760

DOI: 10.3390/socsci10040133

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