Lost Daughters: Affective Framings of Women Embracing Islam
This article draws upon and contributes to current discussions in the study of conversion, Muslims in Europe, and gender and emotion by taking media productions as an ethnographic starting point for analyzing the subject position of women who converted to Islam. In contemporary Western European cont...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2022
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 90, Issue: 3, Pages: 674-694 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Van hagelslag naar halal
/ Netherlands
/ Muslim woman (Motif)
/ Conversion (Religion, Motiv)
/ Daughter (Motif)
/ Mother (Motif)
/ Feeling
/ Islamophobia
/ Racial question
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam KBD Benelux countries NCB Personal ethics TK Recent history ZD Psychology ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
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| Summary: | This article draws upon and contributes to current discussions in the study of conversion, Muslims in Europe, and gender and emotion by taking media productions as an ethnographic starting point for analyzing the subject position of women who converted to Islam. In contemporary Western European contexts, the phenomenon of conversion to Islam evokes various affective responses, including bewilderment, concern, and fear. This article assesses the frames through which female converts to Islam are represented in the media and particularly explores the existing focus on mother and daughter relationships. Based upon an analysis of the emotions named and generated, this article argues that such affective framings contribute to the shaping of the subject position of female converts to Islam. It moreover demonstrates that emotions such as concern, sadness, grief, and fear are the result of, as well as constructively infuse, contemporary debates on religious and cultural diversity in the Netherlands in which Islam and Muslims are considered to pose a "problem" for Europe. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4585 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfac072 |