Íconos, sentidos e identidades en movimiento

Estrategias, prácticas y discursos en una comunidad musulmana de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Bibliographic Data

ID4518700
AuthorsMari-Sol García Somoza (0000-0001-8126-4507, Descartes (Belgium)), Mayra Soledad Valcarcel (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Year2016
Issue56
Pages51-66
Publication date2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Estudios Sociales (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0123-885X • E-ISSN: 1900-5180
PublisherUniversidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE)
DOI10.7440/res56.2016.04
OpenAlexW2337099014
LanguageES
Citations received2
References cited21

We analyze the processes of identity reconstruction in a Shiite community in Buenos Aires taking the effects of globalization and transnational phenomena into account. First, we reflect on the institutional strategies, practices and symbolic resources deployed by its members to define their presence in the public space. We then look at the impact of Political Islam on this group's praxis and discursive rhetoric. Finally, we explore the relationship between political-religious language, the promotion of traditional family morality and corporal inscription -especially among the women- of Muslim identity. We conclude that turning certain diacritics of identity into icons and supporting certain political causes allows them to vindicate their belonging to a lineage of believers and to negotiate their position within the Argentine socio-religious field

Aesthetics · Art · Humanities · Identity (music · Morality · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Public space · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy

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