L'islamofobia di genere in Italia. Le donne musulmane tra auto ed etero-rappresentazioni

Drawing on postcolonial, decolonial, and feminist epistemologies, this thesis investigated the Othering representations made about Italian Muslim women in public, media, and political discourse; at the same time, it accorded centrality to the voices of Italian Muslim women and their counter-narratives through the analysis of various media sources produced by them and through biographical interviews. Among other things, this thesis has highlighted the permanences of Orientalist and colonial imaginaries in the relationship with the Muslim Other; moreover, it has shown the process of racialization on a religious basis.