Bleker, Nienke
“It is not Feminism if it is not Intersectional”.
Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.
Abstract
Gendered Islamophobia is still a widespread problem in the Netherlands. Muslim women and feminists have been fighting the stereotypes and racism they encounter daily for quite some time. However, they receive very little help from other – white – feminists in this fight against racism and islamophobia. Over the last couple of years more and more self-identifying intersectional feminist organizations (IFO) have arisen in the Netherlands as part of the fourth feminist wave. These organizations adhere an intersectional form of feminism, which considers the intertwined factors in a person’s life that can lead to oppression, like race, religion, sexuality, instead of only focusing on ‘gender’ like dominant strands of feminism. In the Netherlands, secularism discourse has an enormous influence, and there is a simultaneously the presence and denial of racism and islamophobia. This made me wonder: how do the IFO’s develop their intersectional identity in this context? How do they respond to gendered islamophobia? This thesis shows that forming an intersectional feminist organization is not always an easy task. It can be hard to create a fully safe and non-hierarchal space, and to include all forms of oppression in your activism. Additionally, the relationship between intersectional feminist organizations and religion and Islam remained ambiguous. There are examples of direct engagement with secularism discourse and transformation of its own concepts to fight it. However, there are also examples that show hesitance to engage with the topic and the unquestioned adoption of secularism.
Key words: intersectional feminism, secularism, Islamophobia, new social movement, fourth feminist wave.
| Type: |
Thesis
(Master)
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| Supervisors (RUG): |
| Supervisor | E-mail | Tutor organization | Tutor email |
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| Knibbe, K.E. | | Faculteit GGW, Vergelijkende Religiewetenschap | K.E.Knibbe@rug.nl | | Bartelink, B.E. | | Faculteit GGW, Vergelijkende Religiewetenschap | B.E.Bartelink@rug.nl |
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| Degree programme: |
Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation |
| Academic year: |
2021-2022 |
| Date of delivery: |
16 Sep 2022 07:44 |
| Last modified: |
16 Sep 2022 07:44 |
| URI: |
https://rcs.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/654 |
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