Open AccessMinority Women and Western Media (Challenging Representations and Articulating New Voices)
Author(s) -
Tasneem Chopra,
Imaan Khan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of multiculturalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-3136
pISSN - 2707-2975
DOI - 10.30546/2708-3136.2021.2.1.97
Subject(s) - ableism , gender studies , patriarchy , sociology , racism , politics , intersectionality , black women , reality tv , media studies , political science , law
Minority Women and Western Media explores the experience of intersectionaldiscrimination of minority women in media oultets over its seven chapters. The impactof this collectively, is evidenced in case studies of unique, marginalising representationsof women of colour, including Muslim women and women with disabilities, manifestingin sexism, racism and ableism. Maha Bashri and Sameera Ahmed have collatedperspectives that transcend borders and political agenda -all linked by a unifying threadof challenging patriarchy and misogyny passing as authority.