"People Are Enemies to What They Don't Know" Managing Stigma and Anti-Muslim Stereotypes in a Turkish Community Center. (April 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "People Are Enemies to What They Don't Know" Managing Stigma and Anti-Muslim Stereotypes in a Turkish Community Center. (April 2017)
- Main Title:
- "People Are Enemies to What They Don't Know" Managing Stigma and Anti-Muslim Stereotypes in a Turkish Community Center
- Authors:
- Paul, Crystal
Becker, Sarah - Abstract:
- In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, anti-Muslim discourse and sentiment has become pervasive in the West. Using a collaborative ethnographic approach, we observe how participants at a Turkish Community Center (TCC) cultivate stigma management strategies against the cultural backdrop of post-9/11 anti-Muslim stereotypes. In our analysis, we use Goffman's work on stigma and critical race theory to explore the socially embedded nature of stigmatization processes for Turkish Muslims in a local community center. Our findings reveal how aspects of Turkish culture and Islam, together with a structural context that facilitates collective stigma management, allow TCC participants to effectively manage stigma and combat anti-Muslim stereotypes. Turkish participants use the practice of "dialogue" to prioritize secular identity(ies) through cultural education, normalize the Muslim self in conversation about religion, and embody a gendered presentation of Islam and Turkish culture. While facilitating individual and collective resilience for TCC participants in the face of stigmatization and pervasive anti-Muslim sentiment, these practices also contribute to the reproduction of broader patterns of racial, cultural, and gender inequality.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of contemporary ethnography. Volume 46:Number 2(2017:Apr.)
- Journal:
- Journal of contemporary ethnography
- Issue:
- Volume 46:Number 2(2017:Apr.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 46, Issue 2 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 46
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0046-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 135
- Page End:
- 172
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04
- Subjects:
- stigma management -- Islam -- cultural education -- dialogue -- critical race theory
Sociology, Urban -- Periodicals
Urban anthropology -- Periodicals
305.8 - Journal URLs:
- http://jce.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.sagepublications.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0891241615570053 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0891-2416
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