From ‘the Woman's’ Point of View: Feminist Approaches to Organization Studies

Calás, Marta Β.; Smircich, Linda

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“…Postcolonial feminism resulted from a reaction against the lack of attention to gender issues in mainstream postcolonialism and Western feminism's tendency to define gender and women as a single and universal construct (Dube, 2002;Calas & Smircich 1996). Mohanty (1988) has questioned the construction of the "third-world woman" as a homogeneous category in western feminist texts arguing against a singular assumption that all western and non-western women have identical interests.…”

Section: The Postcolonial Feminism Lensmentioning

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Unveiling the myth of the Muslim woman: a postcolonial critique

Golnaraghi

Mills²

2013

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between neo‐colonialist discourse and Quebec's proposed Bill 94 aimed at restricting the public activities of niqab and veil‐wearing Muslim women.Design/methodology/approachDrawing upon postcolonial feminist frames, this study critically analyzes the discourses of Muslim women and Western elites that serve to construct the niqab and veil‐wearing Muslim women. Using critical discourse analysis of digital and print media articles from 1994 to 2010, the authors trace the discursive character of the Muslim woman related to Bill 94 which proposes the banning of religious face coverings when seeking public services in the Province of Quebec, Canada.FindingsThis paper develops a postcolonial understanding of the discursive conditions that constitute the social environment in which Muslim women are required to operate in Quebec and the advent of Bill 94. The authors contend that the discourses in the construction of Muslim women have mutated over time towards Western cultural hegemony and paternalism, and, in the process, Muslim women have been constructed as oppressed, in need of saving, and at the same time not to be trusted.Research limitations/implicationsThe account of events in this paper offer an alternative lens in privileging some of the embedded beliefs and values behind dominant cultural accounts of Quebec in relation to Muslim women and Bill 94. Future scholars may wish to extend this study through examining discourses of secular, veil and niqab‐wearing Muslim women; newcomers, those living in Canada for a longer period and those born in Canada; as well as those from different countries of origin. Another area of research that is ripe for exploration is workplace experiences of Muslim women in Canada. Additionally, examination of overt and subtle discrimination faced by Muslim women would provide important insights into employment equity and human rights.Originality/valueThis paper presents a close look at public discourses around the niqab and Muslim women in Canada, demonstrating the persistence of colonial dynamics and mindsets influencing how issues regarding minority groups are evaluated today.

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Section: The Postcolonial Feminism Lensmentioning

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“…in the context of specific First World/Third World relationships" (Calas & Smircich, 1996). The niqab, the veil and Postcoloniality…”

Section: The Postcolonial Feminism Lensmentioning

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Unveiling the myth of the Muslim woman: a postcolonial critique

Golnaraghi

Mills²

2013

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal

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“…Adib and Guerrier, 2003;Atewologun and Singh, 2010;Holvino, 2010;Konrad, Prasad and Pringle, 2006;PurdieVaughns and Eibach, 2008) has explored how gender may intersect with other categories of difference such as class, race, ethnicity and age. This has helped to enrich the field by acknowledging gender as a heterogeneous set of practices and experiences (Cala´s and Smircich, 1996), overlapping with other sources of advantage and disadvantage. However, as Marshall (1995) argued, this can pose a challenge to gender research by diluting 'core values' that relate specifically to the standpoint of women.…”

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“…However, as Marshall (1995) argued, this can pose a challenge to gender research by diluting 'core values' that relate specifically to the standpoint of women. Thus, from Bordo (1990) as cited in Cala´s and Smircich (1996), the category of 'gender' is abandoned in favour of 'endless difference', undermining the possibility of a single coherent theory and politics. From this perspective, women's voice is just one of many different voices and this can, possibly, dilute the potential of gender and management research.…”

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25 Years On: Reflecting on the Past and Looking to the Future in Gender and Management Research

Broadbridge¹,

Simpson²

2011

British J of Management

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This paper celebrates the progress that has been made in gender and management research over the last 25 years and outlines some current challenges faced. The British Journal of Management has disseminated many of the key debates, from empirical and theoretical work, that have helped to both frame and reflect developments in the fieldand this paper charts some of this diverse terrain. Challenges include current conceptualizations that gender issues have been 'solved' with a tendency towards 'gender denial' in understandings of work based disadvantage. Future areas of research are identified including the need to continue to monitor and publicize gender difference; to clarify and conceptualize emerging gendered hierarchies and new forms of gendered power; and to reveal hidden, gendered practices and processes currently concealed within norms, customs and values.

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“…They are each concerned with different facets of inequality and informed by different visions of change (Calas and Smircich 1996). Some are concerned with strategies to remove structural barriers to women in employment or services (Davidson 1997;Cockburn 1991); some with the intersections of race and gender and local strategies of women managers (Bravette 1996;Bell and Nkomo 1993;Ely, Foldy and Scully 2003;Maddock 1998;Marshall 1995); others with the production of gendered meaning and the performance of gendered leadership in organizations (Collinson and Hearn 1996;hooks 1991;Gherardi 1995;Sinclair 1998;Wajman 1998).…”

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Silences and Disappearing Acts: The Politics of Gendering Organizational Practice

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2009

Critical Management Studies at Work

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From ‘the Woman's’ Point of View: Feminist Approaches to Organization Studies

Cited by 235 publications

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Unveiling the myth of the Muslim woman: a postcolonial critique

Unveiling the myth of the Muslim woman: a postcolonial critique

25 Years On: Reflecting on the Past and Looking to the Future in Gender and Management Research

Silences and Disappearing Acts: The Politics of Gendering Organizational Practice

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