Political agency in the blogging of the everyday: The case of muslim women bloggers

This study looks at women’s religious conviction as a form of political agency that can be both resistant and submissive. The narratives of the women in this study showed that women can be political within religious submission. These women who had been conditioned by the religious and political cult...

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Main Author:	Mohamed, Shafizan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Journal of Islamic, Social, Economics and Development 2017
Subjects:	H10 Societies H61.8 Communication of information HM Sociology HM706 Social structure HQ The family. Marriage. Woman JQ Political institutions Asia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/60939/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60939/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60939/1/JISED-2017-06-12-12.pdf

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spelling	iium-609392018-01-04T01:07:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/60939/ Political agency in the blogging of the everyday: The case of muslim women bloggers Mohamed, Shafizan H10 Societies H61.8 Communication of information HM Sociology HM706 Social structure HQ The family. Marriage. Woman JQ Political institutions Asia This study looks at women’s religious conviction as a form of political agency that can be both resistant and submissive. The narratives of the women in this study showed that women can be political within religious submission. These women who had been conditioned by the religious and political culture to accept and adopt a secondary role to men had found through blogging the ability to be politically expressive and authoritative. Blogging enabled them to challenge the gendered dichotomy of the private and public by allowing them to share and make significant their private experiences. This study on Muslim women bloggers contributes to the inclusive understanding of subject formation in feminist theories, indicating that women’s religious convictions can lead to material political transformations. Journal of Islamic, Social, Economics and Development 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60939/1/JISED-2017-06-12-12.pdf Mohamed, Shafizan (2017) Political agency in the blogging of the everyday: The case of muslim women bloggers. Journal of Islamic, Social, Economics and Development, 2 (6). pp. 152-165. E-ISSN 0128-1755 http://www.jised.com/PDF/JISED-2017-06-12-12.pdf
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description	This study looks at women’s religious conviction as a form of political agency that can be both resistant and submissive. The narratives of the women in this study showed that women can be political within religious submission. These women who had been conditioned by the religious and political culture to accept and adopt a secondary role to men had found through blogging the ability to be politically expressive and authoritative. Blogging enabled them to challenge the gendered dichotomy of the private and public by allowing them to share and make significant their private experiences. This study on Muslim women bloggers contributes to the inclusive understanding of subject formation in feminist theories, indicating that women’s religious convictions can lead to material political transformations.
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title	Political agency in the blogging of the everyday: The case of muslim women bloggers
title_short	Political agency in the blogging of the everyday: The case of muslim women bloggers
title_full	Political agency in the blogging of the everyday: The case of muslim women bloggers
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publisher	Journal of Islamic, Social, Economics and Development
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Political agency in the blogging of the everyday: The case of muslim women bloggers

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