“Covered, Not Bound”: Young Dawoodi Bohra Women’s Self-Representation and Agency through the Online Website Mighzal
Mighzal, an online website managed by a team of young Bohra women from various parts of the world, is an online blog/space that is meant to “reflect the myriad dreams, concerns, and preoccupations of practicing Dawoodi Bohra women”. This paper will examine the various blogs, art, and pieces on Mighz...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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| In: |
Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 311-330 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bohoras
/ Web Site
/ Woman
/ Self-portrayal
/ Life
/ Religious practice
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam NCB Personal ethics ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Agency
B Gender B Veiling B digital spaces B Islamic Community |
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| Summary: | Mighzal, an online website managed by a team of young Bohra women from various parts of the world, is an online blog/space that is meant to “reflect the myriad dreams, concerns, and preoccupations of practicing Dawoodi Bohra women”. This paper will examine the various blogs, art, and pieces on Mighzal and the profile of its core team members, using digital ethnography and participant observation, to ask how young Dawoodi Bohra women are actively participating in the creation of their own discourses while negotiating and questioning discourses of gender and religious stereotyping that they encounter in their daily lives. How do these representations contribute to the creation of a unique form of agency? How have these spaces enabled them to assert their identities and distinct modes of dress? This paper also draws on the author’s own encounter with these online spaces, and the questions that have been posed here, as a practicing member of the community. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-9214 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/21659214-bja10068 |