I am currently reading about Islamic feminism. I have come across various interesting works such as Moghadam (2001), Treacher (2003), Marshal (2008) and I would love to read more seminal work about the topic.
Try Leila Abouzeid, Leila Ahmed, Lila Abu-Lughod, Asma Barlas, and Homa Hoodfar! Wishing you the best of luck!
Ahmed T. Hussein
Thank you very much for your answer. I have read Ahmad's work and I find it very informing. I will definitely check the work of the other scholars whom you mentioned.
Anna Klassen
Thank you very much for your suggestion. I was checking her work yesterday and I will proceed with my first reading of hers today.
This is a great question to open up - i.e., which 'Islam'? what feminism? Both require context. I use an intersectional approach. You might find the bibliography of my attached article helpful.
Mandy McKerl
Thank you for this remarkable statement. I have been having many questions about Islamic feminism (s) while reading about it: about the purpose of its appearance as a form of feminism (although some scholars would disagree with this), its (in)compatibility with feminism as some might argue, which needs to be reinterpreted to reconcile with which? And, most importantly, what has Islamic feminism brought to women who live in Islamic countries (both institutionalised and cultural). I skimmed through your article now (to scan once I'm home later) and it seems to have many insights about culture that I need to take into consideration while writing my bit about Islamic feminism. Thank you again!
You are most welcome. I suggest Asma Barlas and Amina Wudud as they were the authors I felt most comfortable with.
Mandy McKerl
I came across some of Barlas' work recently and I added some of her work to my synthesis. I think Wadud is next on my reading list! Thank you for the third time today!
And again, you are most welcome. If I can support you further , please ask me. The different schools of law will prove interesting in how the term 'woman' is interpreted. Wudud is very much part of that - if I recall accurately?
Mandy McKerl
This is very nice of you! I would love to read some of your work and have a discussion with you, if possible.
I intentionally left interpretations of the 'woman' and the 'feminism' parts to the "post-data collection phase" because I remember that the diverse interpretations of such concepts drove me crazy while I was reading about them during my first year. I consulted Presser's work on narrative research (which seems to be greatly inspired by law and criminology) and devised some aspects of his theory in my feminist narrative research approach. Indeed, the schools of law proved interesting in shaping my understanding of narrative research and might prove very interesting in approaching other concepts. I need to keep this in mind while rereading about them soon.
It's a pleasure to hear from you and, yes, I too would enjoy continuing our discussion. Narrowing down and contextualising takes time. Allow yourself time to reflect on what you've read. If you can examine your own reactions, feelings and/or instincts to an article, that can often point you in the direction you're looking for. I didn't publish anything other than this article. I was a frontline practitioner for over 30 years, working directly with survivors, police, courts and for a few years the Scottish Health Service. Academic work was not satisfying to me, so I returned my earlier post. If you are interested, I can send you chapters from my doctoral thesis which might interest you. Strictly speaking, my doctorate made me an anthropologist, so I look at what people say, what people do and the gaps between this, just like the gaps between policy and practice I'm sure you'll have noticed this :-)
Mandy McKerl
This is so inspiring to read! I would really love to read those chapters :)
I am keeping a 'researcher journal' to document the struggles of a novice researcher who studied under "colonised-curricula" systems, for a very long period, to critically understand and analyse the academic discourse around gender politics. I, as well, focus in great detail on the gaps between theory and practice within my research context and within my experience as a researcher.
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