Religious victimization as social empowerment in discrimination narratives from California's Proposition 8 campaign

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2137307
AutoresChris Vanderstouwe (University of California, Santa Barbara, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume2
Fascículo2
Páginas235-261
Data de publicação2013-08-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Language and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2211-3770 • E-ISSN: 2211-3789
EditoraJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/jls.2.2.03van
OpenAlexW2006137527
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas17

One of the premier social issues in contemporary US politics is that of same-sex marriage. This research explores language use and identity construction by same-sex marriage supporters through narratives of discrimination. This paper analyzes data collected through the non-profit Marriage Equality USA, wherein narrators respond to a survey question about experiences of discrimination during California's Proposition 8 campaign, a statewide initiative that repealed the rights of same-sex couples to marry. In doing so, narrators use ideologies of religion and religious affiliation to: (1) construct a victim identity in relation to their experiences, (2) use this as a springboard to challenge their victimization, (3) establish opposition between individual and institutional positioning of religious identity, and (4) switch roles with their victimizers with respect to victim and empowered positions. In doing so, narrators use victimization as empowerment to convey a progressive position in an inevitably successful social movement

Empowerment · Identity (music · Identity politics · Ideology · Narrative · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Proposition · Religiosity · Religious identity · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Gender Studies · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology