Polite responses to stigmatization: ethics of exemplarity among French Muslim elites

Dazey, Margot

Document type :

Article dans une revue scientifique: Article original

DOI :

10.1080/01419870.2021.1998569

Permalink :

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/88676

Title :

Polite responses to stigmatization: ethics of exemplarity among French Muslim elites

Author(s) :

Dazey, Margot [Auteur]
Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026

Journal title :

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volume number :

Pages :

686-706

Publisher :

Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Publication date :

2023-03-12

ISSN :

0141-9870

English keyword(s) :

Antiracism
destigmatization
Islam
respectability politics
middle class
French republicanism

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique

English abstract : [en]

Anti-Muslim hostility in Europe operates in a variety of forms and settings. While a rich body of work has highlighted the multifaceted stigmatization of Islam in European societies, little is known on how Muslims respond ...
Show more >Anti-Muslim hostility in Europe operates in a variety of forms and settings. While a rich body of work has highlighted the multifaceted stigmatization of Islam in European societies, little is known on how Muslims respond to it. Based on an ethnographic case study of a group of French Muslim activists, this article describes how they explain, rebut and cope with anti-Muslim hostility. Drawing on sociological research on antiracist practices, the article expands understandings of non-confrontational strategies designed to dispel prejudices gradually and educate racist people tactfully. More precisely, the French Muslim activists I interviewed urge their coreligionists to display good manners and exemplary behaviour in response to stigmatization, mobilizing a middle-class set of values encompassing politeness, discretion, socio- economic uplift and self-discipline. In doing so, these activists offer oppositional space to anti-Muslim hostility but also reinforce some of the hegemonic values of colour-blind French republicanism.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

ANR Project :

Toulouse Graduate School défis en économie et sciences sociales quantitatives
MIGRATIONS

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS

Collections :

Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026

Submission date :

2023-10-24T07:16:13Z
2023-10-24T07:29:14Z
2023-10-24T07:29:53Z

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