scholarly journals The Concept of Qudwah Hasanah and Muslim Women's Roles in the Strengthening of the Ummah: An Analysis of Recent Malay Novels

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-233
Author(s):  
Kamariah Kamarudin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Muslim Women ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Women Authors ◽  
The Family ◽  
Women’S Roles

In the contex of Islam, the concept of qudwah hasanah , that is, a good example or model, is not only applicable to men but also to women in society. Qudwah hasanah is important, for one, because it helps to strengthen the family institution, and the ummah as a whole. In line with this, women are equally responsible for realizing qudwah hasanah , especially since women are considered to be “educators” by nature. In many works of Malay literature in this country, Muslim women are presented as the central figures around which these works revolve. A great number of female characters in these works are shown to have exemplary characteristics. Because of this, the present study aims to examine the characteristics of qudwah hasanah in relation to the female characters in several recent Malay novels published by women authors, namely Baromkeh Matamu di Mataku ( Baromkeh: Seeing Through Your Eyes ) by Ummu Hani Abu Hassan, Seteguh Fikrah Saleha ( As Strong as Saleha’s Thought ) by Aminah Mokhtar, Delima Ranting Senja ( The Pomegranate of the Evening Branch ) by Siti Zainon Ismail, Episod Cinta di Tanah Hijrah ( Love in the Land of Migration ) by Amaruszati Noor Rahim, and Lentera Mustika ( Mustika’s Lantern ) by Nisah Haron. This study also examines the extent to which local women authors are able to create female Muslim characters in line with the concept of qudwah hasanah. Keywords: qudwah hasanah, Muslim women, ummah, Malay novels

Founding Mothers, Speaking Sisters: Lineaments of Community in History

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn Booth
Keyword(s):  
Life Histories ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
Biographical Dictionary ◽  
Women’S Roles

This chapter focuses on Fawwaz’s portraits of early Muslim women, especially those of ahl al-bayt, the Prophet Muhammad’s family and lineage. It highlights her presentations of Alid and early Shi’i women given Fawwaz’s origins in the Shi‘i region of Jabal ‘Amil, Lebanon. Discussing women’s roles in the rift which led later to the development of sects in Islam, it finds that the biographical dictionary features an unusually high proportion of pro-‘Ali (Alid) and then Shi ‘i women, and that in their orientation these biographies signal a quiet but discernible Shi‘i perspective or allegiance. It then discusses Fawwaz’s emphases in her biographies of Muslim contemporaries: scholarship, literature, and reform, and how her life histories of Arab or Muslim contemporaries parallel those of Europeans.

Mothers and Wives

2020 ◽  
pp. 114-139
Author(s):  
Katherine E. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Muslim Women ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
Women’S Roles ◽  
Violent Action ◽  
A Site ◽  
Moderate Bias

This chapter demonstrates links between the presumed moderate bias and pacifism of women with the emphasis on women’s roles as mothers and wives. Focusing on how women’s engagement is filtered through mother work, ideas of world preservation presume the home as a site of tranquility, with women naturally located there. Caring is established as counter to radical violent action, dovetailing with moderation narratives, yet premising antiradicalization programs on ideas that wives and mothers are pro-state or nonextreme is questionable. The chapter concludes by arguing that debates over women’s appropriate roles are the hidden battleground over which both counter-radicalization and radical groups operate. Radical groups present a narrative about the failures of Western society and feminism to protect women, and a consequent emasculation of men. Counter-radicalization efforts presuming that Western society and feminism have benefited all women equally fail to appreciate the difficulties that young Muslim women face negotiating complex identities under conditions of discrimination, poverty, and Islamophobia.

Inter-Family Communication Languages via the Discourse in Women's Roles in Turkish TV Series

2020 ◽  
pp. 59-76
Author(s):  
Şebnem Gürsoy Ulusoy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Urban Culture ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
The Family ◽  
Women’S Roles

Modernization and urbanization have changed many phenomena. One of these changes is the representation of mother and women. It is seen that the modernization and urbanization and motherhood concept of women have changed. Maternity representations have recently changed in Turkish series. Within the scope of the study, the language of the woman in the family as a mother and her place in the family were examined. It is also an important issue whether urban culture changes the representations of motherhood. In this sense, social media, urbanization, modernization, and the changes in women's representations are all interrelated.

“To Triumph before Feminine Taste”: Bourgeois Women's Consumption and Hand Methods of Production in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Paris

1986 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Whitney Walton
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
The Family ◽  
Women’S Roles ◽  
Manufactured Goods ◽  
New Perspective

In this article Professor Walton examines the influence of bourgeois women on industrial production in nineteenth-century Paris. She argues that women, as arbiters of taste and consumers for the family, sought art and originality in manufactured goods, and that their demands in turn fostered handicraft and less skilled hand methods of manufacturing as the best means of providing such goods. By establishing the connections between women's roles and bourgeois demand, and between bourgeois demand and hand manufacturing, this study offers a new perspective on the persistence of hand production in France.

scholarly journals The Use of Liminality in the Deconstruction of Women’s Roles: Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless me, Ultima

2018 ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Isabel Gil Naveira
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Feminist Movement ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Virgin Of Guadalupe ◽  
Rudolfo Anaya ◽  
Women’S Roles

ABSTRACT During the 1970s Chicana feminist movement, Chicanas rejected the widely established image of the Virgin of Guadalupe vs. Malinche, which limited the liminal position they were claiming. In this essay I will examine Rudolfo Anaya’s treatment of female characters in his novel Bless Me, Ultima (1972), bringing to light the latent disruption of this duality. It is my contention that Anaya’s aim is establishing a dialogue between the self and the other(s) through liminal practices, spaces and times, which leads to a transformation of liminality into new opportunities for female characters in novels and hence to a deconstruction of Chicanas’ roles in society.KEYWORDS: liminality; deconstruction; Virgin; Malinche; Chicanas; gender rolesRESUMENDurante el movimiento feminista de las chicanas en los años 70, las chicanas rechazaron la ampliamente establecida imagen de la Virgen de Guadalupe frente a Malinche, que limitaba la posición liminal que reclamaban. En este artículo examinaré el tratamiento de los personajes femeninos de Rudolfo Anaya en su novela Bless me, Ultima (1972), sacando a la luz la latente alteración de esta dualidad. En mi opinión el objetivo de Anaya es establecer un diálogo entre el yo y la otra/las otras a través de prácticas, espacios y tiempos liminales, lo que lleva a una trasformación de la liminalidad en nuevas oportunidades para los personajes femeninos de las novelas y por ello a una deconstrucción de los roles de las chicanas en la sociedad.PALABRAS CLAVE: liminalidad; deconstrucción; Virgen; Malinche; Chicanas; roles de género

scholarly journals PERAN PEREMPUAN DALAM NOVEL TARIAN BUMI KARYA OKA RUSMINI

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Mira Febri Yanti ◽  
Yenni Hayati ◽  
Zulfadhli Zulfadhli
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Family ◽  
Women’S Roles ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Descriptive Method

This study aimed to describe the role of women in the novel Tarian Bumi works Oka Rusmini especially regarding the role of women in family and society.  This research is a qualitative research with descriptive method that is verbally describing the problems found in the object of research, the theory used, data analysis, and so on. To examine how the role of women in family and society in the novel, this research is performed the the following steps: (1) analyzing the data by identifying the parts relating to the role of women in the family and society. (2) classify data relating to women’s roles. (3) interpret data. (4) make conclusions and compile research reports. Based on data analysis, it was concluded that the role of women in the novel Tarian Bumi by Oka Rusmini is as follows. (1) the role of women in the family in the Tarian Bumi novel by Oka Rusmini of: (a) the role of women as children (b) the role of women as mothers (c) the role of women as wives. (2) the role of women in societyKeywords: Gender roles, family and society

scholarly journals Mereduksi Stigma Negatif Pada Perempuan Muslim Pengemudi Ojek Online Di Kota Kediri

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Putri Rosita Maeni ◽  
Trimurti Ningtyas
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
Taxi Driver ◽  
Gender Theory ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Taxi Drivers ◽  
Women’S Roles

Transportasi berbasis online menawarkan berbagai bentuk kemudahan dalam kebutuhan transportasi. Pekerjaan sebagai pengemudi taksi online umumnya dilakukan oleh pria, namun kini juga menjadi pilihan bagi wanita. Artikel ini akan fokus, bagaimana Muslimah yang mengemudikan taksi online mengurangi stigma negatif yang ada di masyarakat. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif yang dilakukan melalui observasi terhadap aktivitas pengemudi taksi online, wawancara dengan pengemudi taksi online dan dokumentasi. Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan teori gender dari Maxine Molineux. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kebutuhan praksis gender di kalangan wanita muslimah pengendara taksi online lebih diarahkan pada aktivitas pemenuhan kebutuhan dan optimalisasi peran wanita dalam kehidupan sehari-hari tanpa harus meninggalkan perannya di dalam rumah. Dalam kebutuhan strategis gender dalam penelitian ini digambarkan dengan upaya perempuan pengemudi taksi online untuk memiliki kendali atas diri mereka sendiri dalam posisinya sebagai penjual jasa transportasi dan tidak perlu dikasihani. Bentuk kelangsungan hidup wanita muslimah yang mengemudikan taksi online ini telah mengurangi stigma masyarakat terhadap mereka atas peran yang dimainkan oleh wanita-wanita tersebut Online-based transportation offers various forms of convenience in transportation needs. Jobs as an online taxi driver generally performe by a man, but also now an option for women. This article will focus, how Muslim women who drive online taxis reduce the negative stigma that exists in society. This study used a qualitative approach which was carried out through observing the activities of online taxi drivers, interviewing online taxi drivers and documentation. In this study, using the gender theory of Maxine Molineux. The results show that the need for gender praxis among Muslim women who drive online taxis is more directed at activities to meet their needs and optimize women's roles in daily life without having to leave their role in the house. In the strategic needs of gender in this study are illustrated by the efforts of women online taxi drivers to have control over themselves in their positions as sellers of transportation services and not to be pitied. This form of survival of Muslim women who drive online taxis has reduced the stigma of society on them for the roles that these women play.

scholarly journals PENDIDIKAN DAN KEPEMIMPINAN WANITA DALAM PERSPEKTIF AL QURAN DAN SUNAH

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iyoh Mastiyah
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Professional Workers ◽  
The Family ◽  
Women’S Roles ◽  
Islamic Values

Theologically speaking, women are the `khalifah' on earth, having equal positions, rights and responsibilities to men, both in the field of `ibadah' and social life. Women as housewives (mothers) in the family have significant role in building and guarding the integrity of thelam* and so do the men. In both the family and social life, men and women's roles are not more dominant than the others; both men and women share equal responsibilities. Furthermore, there is no restriction for women to work as professional workers or leaders as long as they are able to bring about benefits for themselves, the family as well as the society. This article will provide theological arguments on the fact that Islam never puts any restriction on women's activities as long as those activities are carried out in the spirit of Islamic values.

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