عنوان

The perceived religiousness of the repertoire of the Muslim minority in France

Number

TL47992

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

The perceived religiousness of the repertoire of the Muslim minority in France

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Brian Mawyer

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Cutler, Cecelia

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

City University of New York

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

65

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-29584-9

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

Liberal Studies

Body granting the degree

City University of New York

Text preceding or following the note

2014

Text of Note

France is a secular society with a deeply rooted Catholic tradition. This environment affects the acceptability of demonstrations of Muslim religious identity. Muslim immigrants to France are often ghettoized into rent controlled housing in suburbs around the cities. Rejected from French society, these immigrants cling to what links them together, which is their religion. By the third generation, fluency in heritage languages declines greatly, yet the youth of the banlieues re-appropriate Arabic words into their French speech, leading to the emergence of a Muslim repertoire that is not always accepted by speakers of standard French. This thesis surveys French people of diverse backgrounds as to how they rate elements from this repertoire in terms of religiousness and which they find acceptable in French shows the correspondence between perceived religiousness and social acceptability. Religious terms in Arabic can be interspersed in French. Uttering these words or phrases in the original Arabic instead of French translation demonstrates knowledge of religious Arabic and a connection to the religion.

Linguistics; Islamic Studies; Sociolinguistics

Subject Term

Language, literature and linguistics;Social sciences;France;Immigrants;Laïcite;Muslim;Repertoire;Secularism

Kelley, Elizabeth Anne

Cutler, Cecelia

Subdivision

Liberal Studies

City University of New York

Call Number

1626433840; 1567937

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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