Banal Religion and National Identity in Hybrid Media: “Heating” the Debate on Values and Veiling in Sweden

Lövheim, Mia; Jensdotter, Linnea

doi:10.18261/njrs.36.2.4

NJRS

2023

DOI: 10.18261/njrs.36.2.4

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Banal Religion and National Identity in Hybrid Media: “Heating” the Debate on Values and Veiling in Sweden

Mia Lövheim,

Linnea Jensdotter

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Veiling as free choice or coercion: Banal religion, gender equality, and Swedish identity on Instagram

Lövheim,

Jensdotter

2024

Nordic Journal of Media Studies

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In this article, we analyse implicit connections between gender equality and particular forms of religion in Sweden, as expressed in political discourse and social media debates. Instagram posts responding to the Christian Democrats [Kristdemokraterna] political party's proposal to ban the wearing of veils in Swedish primary schools in 2021 were analysed through methods of co-occurrence analysis and feminist critical discourse analysis. By applying the concept of banal religion from mediatisation of religion theory, the results reveal how implicit connections between veiling as opposed to gender equality in the proposal turn into explicit debates on Instagram regarding what kind of religious practice is compatible with Swedish identity and values. This reveals the ambiguous nature of Instagram as a digital platform that may enhance hegemonic ideas of gender, ethnic, and religious identities, but that may also enable Muslim women to challenge understandings of Islam and gender equality in the public debate.

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Veiling as free choice or coercion: Banal religion, gender equality, and Swedish identity on Instagram

Lövheim,

Jensdotter

2024

Nordic Journal of Media Studies

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Banal Religion and National Identity in Hybrid Media: “Heating” the Debate on Values and Veiling in Sweden

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Veiling as free choice or coercion: Banal religion, gender equality, and Swedish identity on Instagram

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