Imperialist feminism redux

Toor, Saadia

doi:10.1007/s10624-012-9279-5

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“…Although Muslims are a diverse and geographically dispersed religious group, various historical and social processes render them oppressed populations. These include: the history of colonization by European nations and peoples (Ahmed, 2002;Aydin, 2016), the imperialist invasion and military occupation of Muslimmajority countries by the United States, aided by Orientalist propaganda (Abu-Lughod, 2002;Dabashi, 2008;Toor, 2012), the stereotypical depictions of Muslims in media (Alsultany, 2012;Shaheen, 2009), the securitization of Muslims (Jamil, 2017), neocolonial and metacolonial impositions (Bulhan, 2015;Dabashi, 2008), and the increased levels of Islamophobia globally (Esposito & Kalin, 2011;Pratt & Woodlock, 2016). Muslims are given a racial identity to differentiate them from those in power, othering Muslims and rendering Islamophobia a form of violent oppression (Garner & Selod, 2015;Jamal, 2009;Khoshneviss, 2019;Moosavi, 2015;Selod, 2015Selod, , 2019.…”

Section: Muslims As Racializedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Islamic anti-patriarchal liberation psychology: A framework to decolonize psychology for Muslims

Ali-Faisal

2020

Feminism & Psychology

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Due to the focus in psychology on Euro-American centric ontologies and epistemologies, many non-European psychologists have been calling for the decolonization of the field. In joining this call, I propose an Islamic anti-patriarchal liberation psychology framework to guide psychological knowledge production and application within contexts in which some or most people identify as Muslim. Using Martín-Baró’s proposal of three essential tasks of liberation psychology as a guide, my framework explains how and why it is necessary to decolonize psychological knowledge production and application in such contexts. The first task requires the privileging of Muslim voices, with Muslims being conceptualized as diverse, racialized peoples. The second task involves challenging the internalization of colonial ways of thinking among Muslims. The final task asks researchers and practitioners to recover Islamic histories of scholarship, Muslims’ sense of community, and queer and feminine ways of being. Together, these tasks can provide an adaptable guide for psychological knowledge production and application for Muslims in a wide variety of contexts.

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Section: Muslims As Racializedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Islamic anti-patriarchal liberation psychology: A framework to decolonize psychology for Muslims

Ali-Faisal

2020

Feminism & Psychology

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“…The implicit opposition between "anti-imperialists" and "activists" that The Letter hints at recalls fault lines that have surfaced elsewhere in the so-called Muslim world. These emergent tensions center around efforts, especially since September 2001, to foreground the articulations of empire and geopolitics with hegemonic knowledge formations of Islam in relation to gender and sexuality (Abu-Lughod 2011;Haritaworn, Tauqir and Erdem 2008;Hirschkind and Mahmood 2002;Puar 2007;Toor 2012). Scholars in this vast and heterogeneous field are primarily but not exclusively located in Euro-American universities.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For the authors, to do otherwise would be a form of complicity in imperialist projects and would draw attention away from transnational capitalist exploitation. Unpacking The Letter allows me to 1) address the question of the relationship of the Bangladeshi state to queer bodies; and 2) examine the ethical and epistemological dilemmas that have emerged in the so-called Muslim world since 9/11, and the resurrection of orientalist tropes to justify imperialist ventures (Abu-Lughod 2013;Farris 2017;Toor 2012). What are the consequences of looking at narratives of Islam in isolation?…”

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Exceptional Sexuality in a Time of Terror: “Muslim” Subjects and Dissenting/Unmournable Bodies

Siddiqi¹

2019

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“…By contrast, in the US there has been little empirical research. Critical theorists have addressed macro-political issues related to post-9/11 invidious representations of Muslim women (Siddiqi, 2005; Abu-Lughod, 2011; Toor, 2012). However, the few empirical analyses of the problem have been adjunct to social service interventions or campaigns to introduce European definitions and policy frameworks.…”

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confidence: 99%

Between Choice and Obligation: An Exploratory Assessment of Forced Marriage Problems and Policies among Migrants in the United States

Marcus¹,

Begum²,

Alsabahi³

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Social Policy and Society

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Recently, in the United States (US) there has been increasing interest in and advocacy for developing research and policies that identify and address what has, in the European context, been called child and forced marriage, in which migrant parents, typically from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) impose marital choices on their Western-raised children, through coercion, psychological pressure, or the threat of violence. Despite widespread international concern, there remains little research-based empirical knowledge about the problem in the United States. Drawing on interviews with 100 City University of New York students from MENASA families, this study documents significant intergenerational conflict over honour, sexuality, and marital choice and suggests a high likelihood that coercive marital situations are present in the US. However, the different socio-political environment encountered by migrant families in the US may not effectively accommodate European style anti-forced marriage policy constructions and criminal justice responses.

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Imperialist feminism redux

Cited by 21 publications

References 2 publications

Islamic anti-patriarchal liberation psychology: A framework to decolonize psychology for Muslims

Islamic anti-patriarchal liberation psychology: A framework to decolonize psychology for Muslims

Exceptional Sexuality in a Time of Terror: “Muslim” Subjects and Dissenting/Unmournable Bodies

Between Choice and Obligation: An Exploratory Assessment of Forced Marriage Problems and Policies among Migrants in the United States

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