عنوان

The Activism of First Generation Somali Canadian Women Within a Neoliberal Multicultural State

Number

TL49746

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

The Activism of First Generation Somali Canadian Women Within a Neoliberal Multicultural State

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Hodan Ahmed Mohamed

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Mojab, Shahrzad

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Toronto (Canada)

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

193

Text of Note

Committee members: McCready, Lance T.

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-46544-0

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

Adult Education and Counselling Psychology

Body granting the degree

University of Toronto (Canada)

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

This thesis aims to explore the activism of first generation Somali Canadian Women (FGSCWA). It specifically asks 1) how do Somali women activists engage, contest and modify existing social relations within their community and mainstream society to foster anti-racist, anti-Islamaphobic feminist spaces; 2) in what ways does their activism challenge the systematic racism and Islamaphobia that is explicitly and implicitly imbedded in Canadian institutions and social relations and; 3) how has their activism and advocacy challenged the normative discourse of neoliberal multiculturalism, while simultaneously contesting gender norms and cultural dogma within the Somali community. This study combines two theoretical approaches to understand issues of citizenship, boundaries of Blackness and Muslim identity, power, representation and knowledge production in relation to Somali women activists. Working within a post-colonial and Black feminist framework, this research paper utilizes the in-depth interviews I conducted with eight Somali women activists, narrating their perspectives and lived experiences.

Black studies; Womens studies; Adult education

Subject Term

Social sciences;Education;Activism;Anti-Black racism;Immigration;Intersectionality;Multiculturalism;Somali women

Mohamed, Mahmoud Abd El Aziz

Mojab, Shahrzad

Subdivision

Adult Education and Counselling Psychology

University of Toronto (Canada)

Call Number

1999866535; 10194326

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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