Media hegemony, activism and identity: Muslim women re-presenting Muslim women

This chapter examines how Muslim women activate their agency in the media communication process by disengaging with the dominant messages in the media discourse that present them as subordinate and passive, an enigma shrouded in the black veil of religious oppression and constructing new narratives...

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Main Author: Aly, Anne
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Cambridge Scholars Press 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20969