Feminism in the Third Space – Critical Discourse Analysis of Mipsterz Women and Grassroots Activism

摘要: Abstract The identities of Muslim women tend to be essentialized into binaries what she is and ought (Golnaraghi & Dye, 2016). For far too long women’s voices in North America have been marginalized by hegemonic Orientalist (Said, 1978) traditionalist (Clarke, 2003) Islamic discourses. When it comes issues agency, empowerment, self-expression, either imposed Western ideals or regulated politics Islam (Zine, 2006). As such, activists must engage negotiate within the dual narrow oppressions representations her (Khan, 1998; Zine, Given scarcity space provided print media 2016; Golnaraghi Mills, 2013) for construct, appropriate, remake their own identities, some turned social challenge these dichotomies through activism resistance. Such a necessary order recover, resurface, reauthorize hybrid voices, experiences, woman on terms discourse. Highlighting nuances feminist activism, particularly that postcolonial feminists can make difference Critical Management Studies (CMS) as community concerned with justice challenging marginalization oppression. The “Somewhere #Mipsterz” (Muslim hipsters) video launched 2013, site our critical discourse analysis, one case where this resistance seen, showcasing fashionable veiled artistically expressing themselves beats Jay Z.