Doctoral Dissertation Research: Muslim Women in Senegal: Identities in a Changing World

博士论文研究：塞内加尔的穆斯林妇女：变化世界中的身份

• 批准号: 9812272
• 负责人: Wendy Griswold
• 金额: $ 0.25万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-11-01 至 1999-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9812272&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Muslim; Women

Since the 1980's, increasing numbers of residents in Dakar, Senegal are adhering to conservative religious values advocated by reformist Muslim groups. Whereas many feminist scholars assert that such trends diminish women's rights throughout the Muslim world, others contend that these women exercise self-determination and articulate nationalist discourses through conservative practices. However, neither view addresses the hybrid identities Muslim women create to incorporate tradition and modernity in their practical lives. The proposed doctoral dissertation research will examine this hybridity, and explore how women construct discourses about gender roles in an urban Muslim society. The study will examine the questions: (1) Do Dakar women in reformist Muslim groups develop views on gender roles which build a feminist discourse, or do they retrench patriarchal values? (2) How do these women's discourses differ from those of women in more established Muslim organizations? The project will entail a series of focus group interviews with members of both populations and, participant observations at their religious meetings. Also, it will examine how the women's religious affiliations, ages, education levels, and economic and employment statuses impact their choice of organization, as well as their gender discourses. This demographic component will be supplemented with a quantitative survey. Results will shed light on how women construct gender roles in rapidly changing social environments.

20世纪80年代以来，在塞内加尔首都达喀尔，越来越多的居民坚持由改革派穆斯林团体倡导的保守的宗教价值观。尽管许多女权主义学者断言，这种趋势削弱了整个穆斯林世界的妇女权利，但其他人认为，这些妇女行使了自决权利，并通过保守的做法表达了民族主义话语。然而，这两种观点都没有解决穆斯林妇女在实际生活中为融合传统和现代而创造的混合身份。博士论文将研究这种混杂性，并探讨女性如何在城市穆斯林社会中构建关于性别角色的话语。这项研究将考察以下问题：(1)改革派穆斯林团体中的达喀尔妇女是否发展了建立女权主义话语的性别角色观，或者她们是否限制了父权价值观？(2)这些女性的话语与更成熟的穆斯林组织中的女性有何不同？该项目将包括对两种人口的成员进行一系列焦点小组访谈，并在他们的宗教会议上听取与会者的意见。此外，它还将审查妇女的宗教信仰、年龄、教育水平、经济和就业状况如何影响她们对组织的选择，以及她们的性别话语。这一人口组成部分将辅以数量调查。研究结果将揭示女性如何在快速变化的社会环境中构建性别角色。