Muslim women's new defenders: Women's rights, nationalism and Islamophobia in contemporary Australia

Ho, C

Abstract

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.

Date

2007-01-30

Type

Journal article

Identifier

oai:opus.lib.uts.edu.au:10453/3255
Women's Studies International Forum, 2007, 30 (4), pp. 290 - 298
0277-5395
C1
http://hdl.handle.net/10453/3255

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Women's Studies International Forum. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Women's Studies International Forum, [Volume 30, Issue 4, July–August 2007, Pages 290–298]  DOI# http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2007.05.002

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