Muslim Women in Austria and Germany Doing and Undoing Gender: Making Gender Differences and Hierarchies Relevant or Irrelevant
Intro -- Acknowledgement -- Table of content -- List of figures -- List of tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Muslim population in Austria and Germany: Its origins, current contexts and definitional challenges -- 2.1 Ascription vs. identification in defining "Muslim": The mingling of nationality, ethnicity and religious affiliation -- 2.2 Historical, demographic and religious background -- 2.3 Institutional and legal context -- 2.4 The current political and societal context -- 3 Theoretical approaches to gender -- 3.1 Positivist approaches: Gender as a feature of individuals -- 3.1.1 Divergent conceptualizations of gender: Systematizing the approaches that investigate differences -- 3.1.2 Theories for explaining gender differences -- 3.1.3 Discussion -- 3.2 Constructivist theories: Conceptualizing gender as a product of social processes -- 3.2.1 The ethnomethodological approach of 'doing gender' in interactions -- 3.2.2 Discourse-theoretical approaches: Butler and Bourdieu -- 3.2.3 Intersectionality -- 3.2.4 Discussion -- 4 Integrating the theoretical perspectives: A comprehensive approach to gender -- 4.1 Concepts of femininity/masculinity: The contents of accountability and actions in (un-) doing gender -- 4.1.1 The heterogeneity of possible contents for gender assessment and acting -- 4.1.2 Gender equality vs. gender equity: The case of difference and hierarchy -- 4.1.3 Instances of un-doing gender conceptually -- 4.2 The (un-)doing of gender as a process: Interaction as the site of acquisition, expression and change of gender concepts -- 4.2.1 The 'me': Individuals adopting others' gender concepts in the interactional process of doing gender -- 4.2.2 The 'I': Individuals changing others' gender concepts in the interactional process of doing gender -- 4.2.3 Self-assessment: Doing gender in interaction with oneself.
