Countering illegibility: Religion, ethnicity and sexuality in public debates and lived experience in Belgium
In this article, I set out to explore various intersectional social constructions of ethnicity, religion and sexuality. First, I conduct an analysis of recent public controversies in Flanders (Belgium) about women's and (homo)sexual equality as set against religious authorities and religious-et...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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| In: |
Culture and religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 62-89 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Belgium
/ Woman
/ Homosexuality
/ Sexual identity
/ Religious group
/ Ethnic group
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KBD Benelux countries |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethnicity
B counter-voice B Sexuality B Religion-secularity B Public discourse |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | In this article, I set out to explore various intersectional social constructions of ethnicity, religion and sexuality. First, I conduct an analysis of recent public controversies in Flanders (Belgium) about women's and (homo)sexual equality as set against religious authorities and religious-ethnic minorities. It reveals how dominant understandings of ethnicity, sexuality and religion are constructed, reinforced and, if needed, defended. Second, I foreground a critical counter-voice negotiating these what I call ethno-sexular' boundary constructions. I analyse the lived experiences of Hajar, a volunteer of an antiracist LGBTQI organisation located in Brussels, and argue that because of a dominant ethno-sexular discourse, Hajar's hybrid identifications and critical voice is made illegible in much of her social environment. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5629 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2017.1413409 |
