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Punching back
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- Book Synopsis
- In the Netherlands, girls and young women are increasingly active in women-only kickboxing. The general assumption, in the Netherlands and in western Europe more broadly, is that women's sport is a form of secular, feminist empowerment. Muslim women's participation would then exemplify the incongruence of Islam with the modern, secular nation-state. Punching Back provides a detailed ethnographic study that contests this view by showing that young Muslim women who kickbox establish agentive selves by playing with gender norms, challenging expectations, and living out their religious subjectivities.
- About The Author
- Jasmijn Rana is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University.
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- ISBN
- 9781836955771
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, (01 May 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 180
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 152 mm
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