Contesting visibility: Sartorial Strategies among Muslim Women in Danish Media

Connie Carøe Christiansen

doi:10.1080/07256868.2011.584613

Contesting visibility: Sartorial Strategies among Muslim Women in Danish Media

Bidragets oversatte titel: Udfordring af Synlighed: Stilmæssige strategier blandt muslimske kvinder i danske medier

Connie Carøe Christiansen

Social Dynamics and Change

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

Nye medie teknologier og migrationsnetværk skaber en ny situation for den muslimske befolkning i Europa. Igennem de seneste år har erklærede muslimer, ofte af ikke-sådan-lige-at-definere etnicitet, i stigende grad taget del i mediedebatter i nationale og interaktive medier. De blogger på internettet, skriver i aviser og deltager i paneldebatter. En anseelig andel af disse medieaktivister er kvinder og deres refleksioner over påklædning og fremtrædelse udgør størstedelen af mit materiale i dette paper. Jeg diskuterer tøjstilen hos otte forskellige kvinder, som alle har fået opmærksomhed i forskellige medier, skrevne og visuelle. Ved at tage udgangspunkt i begrebet 'stilmæssige strategier, argumenterer jeg for, at disse kvinder ikke kun overvejer hvordan deres tøjstil opbygger en islamisk subjektivitet, men at de inddrager overvejelser om, hvordan man undgår at blive placeret i negative stereotyper i hverdagens interaktioner og overfor mediepublikummet. Islamisk mode giver muslimske kvinder mulighed for både at benytte mere subtile måder at kommunkere deres tilstedeværelse i medierne på, og for at fastholde klare signaler om at vedkommende er en muslimsk kvinde. Således er islamisk mode et udtryk for at muslimske kvinder igennem deres medieoptræden tager del i en form for mikro-politik, et niveau der ofte ignoreres i diskussioner af Islam i Europa.

Bidragets oversatte titel	Udfordring af Synlighed: Stilmæssige strategier blandt muslimske kvinder i danske medier
Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Journal of Intercultural Studies
Vol/bind	32
Udgave nummer	4
Sider (fra-til)	335-353
ISSN	0725-6868
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2011.584613
Status	Udgivet - aug. 2011

Emneord

forestillet enshed
forbrug og social differentiering
nye interaktive medier

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10.1080/07256868.2011.584613

Islamisk mode - fremkomsten af islam som en social kraft i Europa
Christiansen, C. C.
Nordic Academy for Advanced Study
04/07/2001 → 03/09/2031
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning

1 Deltagelse i workshop, seminar og kursus
1 Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag

Post-secular Conditions? Challenges to citizenship, democracy, law and social cohesion. International and multidisciplinary Ph.d-course and research seminar
Connie Carøe Christiansen (Taler)
8 dec. 2010 → 10 dec. 2010
Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangering af en begivenhed › Deltagelse i workshop, seminar og kursus
Islamic fashion, media debates and styles of interaction : - sartorial strategies on the Copenhagen scene
Connie Carøe Christiansen (Foredragsholder)
18 jun. 2009
Aktivitet: Tale eller præsentation › Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag

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Contesting visibility: Sartorial Strategies among Muslim Women in Danish Media

Abstract

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Link til dokument

Projekter

Islamisk mode - fremkomsten af islam som en social kraft i Europa

Aktiviteter

Post-secular Conditions? Challenges to citizenship, democracy, law and social cohesion. International and multidisciplinary Ph.d-course and research seminar

Islamic fashion, media debates and styles of interaction : - sartorial strategies on the Copenhagen scene

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