Child marriage and sexularism in Sweden: Constructing the nation racializing migrants
This article investigates the discourse on child marriage as reflected in the entire corpus of official investigations Statens Offentliga Utredningar (SOU) and government bills (Prop.) proposing legislative measures against child marriage in Sweden since the first motions on the issue were drafted i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2022
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 170-186 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Swedes
/ Minor
/ Wedding ceremony
/ Countermeasures
/ Secularism
/ Racism
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia NCF Sexual ethics XA Law ZB Sociology ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Sweden
B family reunification B Child marriage B Racism B sexularism B Secularism |
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| Summary: | This article investigates the discourse on child marriage as reflected in the entire corpus of official investigations Statens Offentliga Utredningar (SOU) and government bills (Prop.) proposing legislative measures against child marriage in Sweden since the first motions on the issue were drafted in 2001. It analyzes them as instances of sexularism: a form of secularism where the secular is construed in relation to sexual emancipation and gender equality rather than in relation to politics or the public sphere. It then connects the effects of legislation against child marriage on the right to family reunification to the racialization of migrant populations and religious minorities in Sweden. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/20503032221075379 |