Frames of Meaning: The Assertive and Apologetic Logic of Action Informing Anti-Islamophobia Responses by Australian Muslim Community Organisations
The scholarship is growing to capture the diversified anti-Islamophobia responses by individuals or Muslim organisations. Limited attention, however, is directed at examining the extent to which Islamophobia discourses infiltrate and shape Muslim Community Organisations’ (MCOs) anti-Islamophobia res...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2021
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Journal of intercultural studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 42, Issue: 5, Pages: 660-679 |
| Further subjects: | B
good Muslims
B Integration B logic of action B cross-cultural engagements B frames of meaning B Visibility B Islamophobia B Racism |
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| Summary: | The scholarship is growing to capture the diversified anti-Islamophobia responses by individuals or Muslim organisations. Limited attention, however, is directed at examining the extent to which Islamophobia discourses infiltrate and shape Muslim Community Organisations’ (MCOs) anti-Islamophobia responses. I deploy Stones’ Strong Structuration Theory SST to examine Australian MCOs’ perceptions and responses to capture the extent to which Islamophobia discourses infiltrate their anti-Islamophobia strategies. I examine MCOs’ interpretations of their religious and political positions within the broader context of Islamophobia discourses. My findings reveal that two ostensibly contrasting frames of meaning inform MCOs' responses: assertive and apologetic. I argue, however, that these frames of meanings are nuanced and fluid due to their emergence within the broader structure of Islamophobia discourses. I conclude, therefore, that MCOs anti-Islamophobia strategies and actions emerge within and because of Islamophobia as pragmatic conscious and unconscious reactions, however, with transforming ideals. |
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| ISSN: | 0725-6868 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of intercultural studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2021.1971174 |