Globalization and Changing Family Relations: Family Violence and Women’s Resistance in Asian Muslim Societies

Feminist Perspectives on Family Relationships: Part 2

“…One of the papers contributes a critical review of emerging family processes. Fulu and Miedema (2016) offer a theoretical review of the influence of globalized Islam on women in Muslim societies, as well as a detailed example of how this has been associated with an increase of IPV in recent years in the Maldives. Swenson and Zvonkovic (2016) used qualitative analysis to interpret the in-depth interviews they conducted with mothers, fathers, and children in 22 families, a rare example of incorporating the divergent perspectives of family members rather than having only one member speak for all.…”

“…With data from Europe and Asia, Treas and Tai (2016) analyzed nationally representative data collected from about 12,000 participants in 20 different European countries, and Fulu and Miedema (2016) collected qualitative data from interviews with women who had experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) and the professionals working with IPV cases in the Maldives.…”

“…For example, Halpern and Perry-Jenkins' (2016) study explored the relationships between parents' gender ideology and behaviors with children's gender-role attitudes in working class families of different cultural and racial backgrounds. Another example examining intersectionality is Fulu and Miedema's (2016) analysis of the intersections of gender, nationality, and religion among Islamic women from the Maldives.…”

“…From a classical gender focus, Treas and Tai (2016) consider the division of labor between husbands and wives accounting for a number of structural and ideological variables. Fulu and Miedema (2016) examine changes in intimate partner violence in the Maldives under the influence of globalization and globalized Islam. Swenson and Zvonkovic (2016) take an additional perspective by examining twoparent households and the perspectives of multiple family members.…”

“…Here the reader can find a test of classical gender structuration theory (Treas and Tai 2016), a feminist perspective on gender development in childhood (Halpern and Perry-Jenkins 2016), a feminist sociological lens (Henderson et al 2016), and a feminist social constructionist perspective (Swenson and Zvonkovic 2016). The reader can also find contemporary feminist theories influenced by globalization (Fulu and Miedema 2016).…”