Stereotypes and Self-Representations of Women with a Muslim Background

Margaretha A. van Es is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. She is a social historian specialising in inter-ethnic relations and perceptions, gender, media and religion.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2.- Stereotypes of Women with a Muslim Background.-Chapter 3. Self-Representations by Women in the Dutch Organisations.- Chapter 4. The Dutch Organisations and Islam.- Chapter 5. Women’s Attempts to Break Stereotypes in the Netherlands.- Chapter 6. Self-Representations by Women in the Norwegian Organisations.- Chapter 7. The Norwegian Organisations and Islam.- Chapter 8. Women’s Attempts to Break Stereotypes in Norway.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.