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  1. Identification and Belonging: A Case Study of White German Women Converts to Islam.Lana Sirri - 2021 - Feminist Theology 30 (1):104-119.
    This study explores the possibilities of identification and belonging in a socio-religious space that contains multiple communal boundaries. It is based on narrated accounts of White Christian German women living in Berlin, Germany, who have converted to Islam. Their shared cultural background with other White German women, their new Islamic religion, and, for some, their intermarriage affiliation with Muslims, position these women in a complex relation to the multiple communities within this space. This intersectional positioning opens up possibilities for constructing, (...)
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  • Beyond Emancipation: Subjectivities and Ethics among Women in Europe's Islamic Revival Communities.Jeanette S. Jouili - 2011 - Feminist Review 98 (1):47-64.
    This article addresses the complex reflections regarding gender relations expressed by women active in the contemporary Islamic revival movements in Europe (especially France and Germany). Much recent research conducted among these groups aims to counter the rather negative accounts prevailing in public discourses on gender and Islam. This literature notably argues that women's conscious turn to Islam is not necessarily a reaffirmation of male domination, but that it constitutes a possibility for agency and empowerment. However, when faced with certain ‘traditionalist’ (...)
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  • From ‘saving women’ to ‘saving gays’: Rescue narratives and their dis/continuities.Sarah Bracke - 2012 - European Journal of Women's Studies 19 (2):237-252.
    This article traces not only some of the borrowings but also the differences between feminist and gay politics in the context of the post-1989 ‘multicultural debate’ and the hegemony of civilizational politics. This investigation is empirically grounded in one national context, that is, the Dutch case, which is exemplary when it comes to bringing politics of gender and sexuality to bear on national and cultural identity politics. The article recapitulates some insights on how feminist politics can get entangled with colonial (...)
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