Cultural Memory and Obstacles Challenging Digital Activist Muslims as Symbolic Violence


SEVİNÇ B.

Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, cilt.13, sa.3, ss.410-431, 2024 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1163/21659214-bja10111
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.410-431
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Digital Muslim Activist, Islam, Muslims in the USA, obstacles of the discursive field, racialization
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Over the past two decades, Islamic movements and activism in the USA have progressed. The weak part of the explanation models for Islamic activism is an inclusive description of obstacles in the discursive field. These obstacles are essentially sources of symbolic violence in discourse. There is also a debate regarding the discursive representation of Muslims. Native and immigrant Muslims in the USA have struggled against the dominance of external discourses. Therefore, this study examines the essential boundaries and obstacles of the discursive field that activist Muslims (digital activists particularly) encounter when constructing discourses in the USA. In this study, I used the current activism findings to investigate the discursive field’s fundamental boundaries and obstacles. The research proves that barriers such as stigmatization, racialization, nativism, security paradigm, gender, marginalization, and discrimination form the main basis of symbolic violence.