Research Proposal Of Feminist Theory 2022

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Significance.....................................................................................................................................2
Methodology....................................................................................................................................3
Annotated Bibliography...................................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
This particular research proposal shall be providing an outline of the research project that
has been undertaken. The main aim of the research project or the thesis statement shall be to
discuss the slogan of “personal is the political” of the radical feminists from a theoretical
perspective as well as demonstrating its applicability to the contemporary issues in the society.
The theoretical aspect shall be providing an analytical explanation of the slogan “personal
is the political” used by the radical feminists to champion their grieveances and seek legal
solutions for them. The aspect of application shall be dealing with the resistance movement of
Fadela Amara who had been a champion of the rights of muslim women living in the banlieues
of France and have been victims of patriarchy, violence and deprivation of agency. The aim thus
has been to relate the theoretical conception of radical feminism and the slogan “personal is the
political” with the radical efforts of radical feminist Fadela Amara.
Significance
The significance of this research paper lies in the fact that it has tried to relate the
theoretical notion of radical feminism and the slogan “personal is the political” raised by the
radical feminists with that of a contemporary issue, which is of the radical efforts of radical
feminist Fadela Amara in France to give a voice to the muslim women of France. This shows the
relevance of the historical and the theoretical significance of the rise of radical feminism and its
methods even today.

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Methodology
For this particular research paper the methodology used has been qualitative and the
approach has been deductive in nature. The insights collected had been purely on the basis of
available literature and the aim had been not to disprove their ideas but to provide a summation
of them to support the thesis statement. The qualitative method has been found suitable as the
aim has been to explain contemporary movements at the civil society against the theoretical
constructs. The need for quantitative research thus is not required in this regard.
Annotated Bibliography
In this particular section of the proposal, the relevance of the chosen references to the
research on Feminist Theory shall be provided.
Amara, F. and Zappi, S. (2004). Ni putes, ni soumises. Ed. La Découverte.
This particular book by Fadela Amara is the main reference which has been used to
demonstrate the application and the relevance of the radical feminist slogan of “personal is the
political” to contemporary issues. This book discusses the effort of Amara in invoking state
intervention towards the interests of the French Muslim women of banlieues who refused to wear
the hijab and other personal issues.
Crow, B. A. (Ed.). 2000. Radical feminism: A documentary reader. NYU Press.
This particular text speaks of the time period when the radical feminist movement and the
slogan of “personal is the political” had gained prominence in the political sphere. The injustices
that the state had hurled upon the subaltern women by ignoring their personal issues for public
scrutiny in the period between the two world wars had led to the “personal is the political”
movement in the period soon after the second world war.

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Dornhof, S., (2011). Regimes of visibility: representing violence against women in the
French banlieue. Feminist review, 98(1), pp.110-127.
This text provides a critical analysis of the work of Amara whuich provides the
information why she had started the ‘Ni Putes Ni Soumises’ march, which was basically a
response to the brutal murder of Sohane Benziane and also countered the pro-hijab march.
Hamdan, A., (2017). The issue of hijab in France: Reflections and analysis. Muslim World
Journal of Human Rights, 4(2).
This text justifies why Amara and her movement could be called a radical one. It has
been mentioned that Amara is herself an observant muslim woman but she herself was a non
hijabi and her efforts of safeguarding the rights of non hijabi women was quite radical.
Hirsch, M. and Keller, E.F., (2015). Conflicts in feminism. Routledge.
This particular text demonstrates the basis for the difference between the radical and the
liberal feminists and that lies in the fact that the social collectivity of ‘women’ is not an organic
whole which is why the feminist movement is also highly diverse and factionalized. Thus the
socio economic background of the women is quite important for understanding why a women
would go for liberal or radical approach.
Jackson, S., and Scott, S. (2004). The personal is still political: Heterosexuality, feminism
and monogamy. Feminism and psychology, 14(1), 151-157.
This particular text provides a justification as to why the radical feminists were
fundamentally different from the liberal feminists, which was owing to the deprivation of the
women belonging to underprivileged background being the most important reason. Apart from
that the radical feminists had used violent methods to address their issues which the liberal
feminists did not.

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King, Y. (2015). Feminism and the Revolt of Nature. Thinking About the Environment:
Readings on Politics, Property and the Physical World: Readings on Politics, Property and the
Physical World, 179.
This particular text justifies why the radical feminist are more likely to engage in violent
means as the subaltern women have been historically and are victims of a high degree of
deprivation of their basic rights as human beings which had shaped their desperate and radical
methods of interest articulation while the liberal feminists have been privileged.
Koedt, A., Levine, E., Rapone, A., and Koedt, A. (Eds.). (1973). Radical feminism (p. 240).
New York: Quadrangle Books.
This particular text speaks of the personal issues that the radical feminists had wanted the
state to intervene and provide a solution for its violation, and they include domestic violence and
acknowledgement of non hetero-patriarchal relationships like lesbianism and also for more
sexual freedom and reproductive rights.
Kumlin, S. (2004). The personal and the political. In The personal and the political: How
personal welfare state experiences affect political trust and ideology (pp. 3-19). Palgrave
Macmillan, New York.
This particular text very clearly shows how the social category of women is not an
organic whole, as they are distinct from each other on grounds of class, status, ideological
predisposition, economic background, cultural background, religious faith, social experience,
which take into account the socio-economic realities of women.
Mackay, F. (2015). Radical feminism: Feminist activism in movement. Springer.
This particular text shows how the Marxists had alienated the women and that had proved
to be one of the causes leading to the rise of the “personal is the political” movement by the

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radical feminists. The Marxist and Marxism has been alleged that only the interests of the male
workers were taken into account and not the women as they did not work in the factories.
Mernissi, F. (1985). Beyond the veil: Male-female dynamics in Muslim society (Rev. ed.).
London: Al-Saqi Books.
This particular book shows how islam and subjugation of women are related to each other
and is thus relevant for explaining the subjugation of women by muslim men in France which is
immanent in the view espoused by Mernissi that in Islam women are considered as extremely
powerful in terms of energy who must be controlled to safeguard the virtues of the men. This text
is thus relevant as it is in tandem with Amara and her view on women and islam.
Selby, J.A., (2011). French secularism as a ‘guarantor’of women's rights? Muslim women
and gender politics in a Parisian banlieue. Culture and Religion, 12(4), pp.441-462.
This text justifies the fact that the real problem in the banlieues is social exclusion and
not the anti hijab stance of the French Government as the hijab does not guarantee the protection
of the women from harassment rather the problem is in the men of the banlieues and their
mentality which seeks to dominate women using religion as an excuse and even Amara had tried
to draw an attention towards it.

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References
Amara, F. and Zappi, S., (2004). Ni putes, ni soumises. Ed. La Découverte.
Crow, B. A. (Ed.). 2000. Radical feminism: A documentary reader. NYU Press.
Dornhof, S., (2011). Regimes of visibility: representing violence against women in the French
banlieue. Feminist review, 98(1), pp.110-127.
Hamdan, A., (2017). The issue of hijab in France: Reflections and analysis. Muslim World
Journal of Human Rights, 4(2).
Hirsch, M. and Keller, E.F., (2015). Conflicts in feminism. Routledge.
Jackson, S., and Scott, S. (2004). The personal is still political: Heterosexuality, feminism and
monogamy. Feminism and psychology, 14(1), 151-157.
King, Y. (2015). Feminism and the Revolt of Nature. Thinking About the Environment: Readings
on Politics, Property and the Physical World: Readings on Politics, Property and the
Physical World, 179.
Koedt, A., Levine, E., Rapone, A., and Koedt, A. (Eds.). (1973). Radical feminism (p. 240). New
York: Quadrangle Books.
Kumlin, S. (2004). The personal and the political. In The personal and the political: How
personal welfare state experiences affect political trust and ideology (pp. 3-19). Palgrave
Macmillan, New York.
Mackay, F. (2015). Radical feminism: Feminist activism in movement. Springer.
Mernissi, F. (1985). Beyond the veil: Male-female dynamics in Muslim society (Rev. ed.).
London: Al-Saqi Books.

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Selby, J.A., (2011). French secularism as a ‘guarantor’of women's rights? Muslim women and
gender politics in a Parisian banlieue. Culture and Religion, 12(4), pp.441-462.