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- Title
»20<sup>th</sup> century Aisha«? Die Funktion islamisch-feministischer Stereotype am Beispiel von Fatima Mernissis Darstellung der Prophetengattin Aischa bint Abu Bakr.
- Authors
Schulze-Marmeling, Friederike
- Abstract
The starting point of this article is a proposition postulated by the scholar Ascha, who claims that 20th-century feminist representations of the Prophet Muhammad's wives are stereotypic. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the use of stereotypes about Muhammad's wife 'Ä'isa bint Abi Bakr in the work of the Islamic feminism pioneer, Fatema Mernissi. It is suggested here that feminist stereotypes of the Prophet's wives developed in the context of stereotypes introduced by other intellectual trends of the 20th century, as, for instance, Islamism and Orientalism. Therefore, the aim of the current paper is to search for the function of Mernissi's depiction of 'Ä'isa in this specific context. Firstly, it is argued that these feminist stereotypical depictions should be seen as interventions into a patriarchal discourse. Secondly, building on Hahn's claim that one of the functions of stereotypes is the »invention of tradition«, the notion of the glorification and stereotypisation of the formative period of Islam will be examined in Mernissi's work. It will be illustrated that by way of recourse to the early days of Islam and their female protagonists, Mernissi aims to draw lessons for contemporary Gender relations in Muslim societies.
- Subjects
AISHAH, d. 7th century; MERNISSI, Fatema, 1940-2015; FEMINISM
- Publication
Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte: Internationale Zeitschrift für Theologie und Geschichtswissenschaft, 2019, Vol 32, Issue 2, p346
- ISSN
0932-9951
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13109/kize.2019.32.2.346