‘As a Sunni, I Naturally Cannot Understand Anything Like Temporary Marriage’: Mutʿa Marriage, Online Boundary-Work, and the Social Psychology of Sunni–Shiʿa Relations
Identity construction involves drawing a rhetorical boundary between one’s own group and others. Using data gathered from a Finnish online forum for Muslims, I study how the practice of temporary (mutʿa) marriage is used to mark a boundary between Sunni and Shiʿa Muslims. Here, I examine the rhetori...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2023
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Journal of Muslims in Europe
Année: 2023, Volume: 12, Numéro: 1, Pages: 77-97 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Social Identity Theory
B rhetorical psychology B Boundary-work B Religious Identity B Marriage B Réseaux sociaux |
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| Résumé: | Identity construction involves drawing a rhetorical boundary between one’s own group and others. Using data gathered from a Finnish online forum for Muslims, I study how the practice of temporary (mutʿa) marriage is used to mark a boundary between Sunni and Shiʿa Muslims. Here, I examine the rhetorical devices used by Sunni and Shiʿa Muslims, combining the principle of meta-contrast with the concept of boundary-markers to propose a general model of intergroup boundary dynamics. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-7954 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of Muslims in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22117954-bja10064 |